A political scientist, an engineer, and a mathematician are on a train that has recently entered Denmark.Thanks to BooCat's sister-in-law, who is a mathematician.
In Denmark, the first field they see has a herd of black cows. The political scientist says, "Look! The cows in Denmark are black."
The engineer chides him. "You're careless. You should say 'The cows in this particular field in Denmark are black'."
Then the mathematician says, "You're both careless. You should say 'The cows in this particular field in Denmark are black on one side'."
I was wondering how to start my Monday lecture on data analysis. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm always glad to oblige. The cheque is in the mail, right?
ReplyDeleteJust then, the conductor was walking by, and noticed the learned men discussing cows, and asked, "Just how much do you think one of those cows weighs?"
ReplyDeleteThe mathematician started out, "Consider a spherical cow..."
(old math joke adapted for the purpose)