>The idea that making a mistake but otherwise fulfilling most of the task is worse than failing to perform any part of it.
The are many contexts in which correctness is important. In such contexts, an incorrect answer is often worse than an explicit non-answer.
>We don't rate humans that way on performing tasks either (if they got it less than perfect it's worse than not doing it at all). Even math tests at the university
Standardized tests often rate incorrect answers worse than non-answers, though yes a university maths test in particular isn't likely to be that sort of test.
The are many contexts in which correctness is important. In such contexts, an incorrect answer is often worse than an explicit non-answer.
>We don't rate humans that way on performing tasks either (if they got it less than perfect it's worse than not doing it at all). Even math tests at the university
Standardized tests often rate incorrect answers worse than non-answers, though yes a university maths test in particular isn't likely to be that sort of test.