You may believe that the options, possibilities or conclusions available are only a well defined number: 1, 2, etc. You do not accept the idea that there might exist others just because your mind cannot rationally see them. But...
An instructor had given her students a listening test where they had to fill in some blanks according to the words she read, which were slightly different from the textbook. While checking the test, she realized that most students had written not "her" words but exactly what was in the book... The conclusion she came to was that 1. either they had cheated from the book, or 2. one student had memorized the text and passed the answers over to her peers. She was absolutely certain that "nothing else" could have happened. Eventually, she found out that, during her absence, another instructor had let the students listen to the recording "from the book" and most students had changed their answers accordingly. So much for her "certitude"!!
An instructor had given her students a listening test where they had to fill in some blanks according to the words she read, which were slightly different from the textbook. While checking the test, she realized that most students had written not "her" words but exactly what was in the book... The conclusion she came to was that 1. either they had cheated from the book, or 2. one student had memorized the text and passed the answers over to her peers. She was absolutely certain that "nothing else" could have happened. Eventually, she found out that, during her absence, another instructor had let the students listen to the recording "from the book" and most students had changed their answers accordingly. So much for her "certitude"!!
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