Post by talk2santosh on Feb 21, 2004 8:53:04 GMT -5
Topologist
A topologist is a man who doesn't know the difference between a coffee cup and a doughnut.
Isomorphism
A mathematician was asked by his religious colleague: "Do you believe in one God?"
He answered: "Yes, up to isomorphism!"
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Statistician
A statistician can have his head in an oven and his feet in ice, and he will say that on the average he feels fine.
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The obvious conclusion is that statistics can be easily abused. Less obvious conclusion is that the puzzle assumes very unusual physical conditions. If the said statistician burns only paper in the oven (so the temperature of the oven is 451 F, as a famous science fiction story reminds us), and if he is comfortable at 98 F (the normal body temperature), then calling the ice temperature X and doing the simplest method of averaging, we find:
(451 + X) / 2 = 98
451 +X = 196
X = 196 - 451
X = -255
This is a very cold ice!
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A topologist is a man who doesn't know the difference between a coffee cup and a doughnut.
Isomorphism
A mathematician was asked by his religious colleague: "Do you believe in one God?"
He answered: "Yes, up to isomorphism!"
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Statistician
A statistician can have his head in an oven and his feet in ice, and he will say that on the average he feels fine.
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The obvious conclusion is that statistics can be easily abused. Less obvious conclusion is that the puzzle assumes very unusual physical conditions. If the said statistician burns only paper in the oven (so the temperature of the oven is 451 F, as a famous science fiction story reminds us), and if he is comfortable at 98 F (the normal body temperature), then calling the ice temperature X and doing the simplest method of averaging, we find:
(451 + X) / 2 = 98
451 +X = 196
X = 196 - 451
X = -255
This is a very cold ice!
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