Amusing anecdote regarding this issue.
- I teach an introductory online chemistry class.
- If the students are determined enough, they can/do cheat on their quizzes.
- In one of my quizzes, I give the students a formula for a pretend material and ask them to compute its molar mass.
- If you perform the calculation, the molar mass works out to something like 108 grams / mole.
- If you try to Google the answer, Google is smart enough to know that my compound is unstable.
- Instead, Google provides the molar mass for a _related_ material (86 grams / mole)
- Each semester, I find a handful of students who dutifully tell me the answer is 86 g / mole.