angle ranking, is it luck or skill?

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As many people already know, there are some angles with only 1~2 degree difference.

In my opinion, it's impossible with human eyes to distinguish this small difference. It might be even harder than finding out the pixel size of the computer monitor you will get to use during DAT.

What strategy can we use to do well in angle ranking section?
There have been many threads asking "can I touch the screen, can I fold the paper...etc" and it was found cheating.

PAT section is something that tests our skill to think, analyze beyond what our eyes can see so we can come out with best analysis when we treat our patients but angle problem is forcing us to GUESS which tooth is bigger when the difference is only 1 micro milimeter.🙁
 
In my opinion, it's impossible with human eyes to distinguish this small difference. It might be even harder than finding out the pixel size of the computer monitor you will get to use during DAT.

actually
it's probably not that hard to find out what the pixel size of the computer monitor...
there IS only so limited number of resolutions a computer screen typically gets..

since not all angle rankings differ by 1~2 degrees.
There are ones with more, ones with less degrees difference.
Some people WILL do better than others in many smaller degree-difference angles.

but i agree
sometimes there is luck involved, particularly in this section
 
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