送交者: lala 于 April 03, 2001 19:57:22:
A mathematician, an applied mathematician, and statistician all apply for
the same job. At the interview they are asked the question, what is 1+1.
The mathematician replies, "I can prove that it exists but not
that it is unique."
The applied mathematician after some thought replies, "the
answer is approximately 1.99 with an error in the region of
0.01."
The statistician steps outside the room, mulls it over for
several minutes, and eventually in desparation returns and
inquires, "so what do you want it to be?"