Zeno's Paradox
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Here is what prompted the re-telling of this vernerable joke: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3585456/Re-Inplement-a-precise-timer.aspx[^] A mathematician, a physicist and and a chemist are have been gathered in a room for an experiment. The scientist leading the experiment says, to the three "As you no doubt have noticed, there is a beautiful, naked women in the middle of the room. Your task is to walk half the distance to her, stop, then walk half the distance again. When you reach her, she is happy to do whatever you want." The mathematician looks at the floor, estimates the first step, the second, the third. He then leaves the room saying "I'm out, I can never reach the woman" The physicist sets off, takes the first step, then notes distance tavelled, doe same for the second third and fourth steps. At this point he says "Experimental evidence suggests that it will take an infinite amount of time to reach the women" and leaves. The chemist begins to walk. The experimenter says "You know the others were right, you can't ever reach the women?". The chemist replies "Yes, I know, but I can get close enough for experimental purposes."
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Here is what prompted the re-telling of this vernerable joke: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3585456/Re-Inplement-a-precise-timer.aspx[^] A mathematician, a physicist and and a chemist are have been gathered in a room for an experiment. The scientist leading the experiment says, to the three "As you no doubt have noticed, there is a beautiful, naked women in the middle of the room. Your task is to walk half the distance to her, stop, then walk half the distance again. When you reach her, she is happy to do whatever you want." The mathematician looks at the floor, estimates the first step, the second, the third. He then leaves the room saying "I'm out, I can never reach the woman" The physicist sets off, takes the first step, then notes distance tavelled, doe same for the second third and fourth steps. At this point he says "Experimental evidence suggests that it will take an infinite amount of time to reach the women" and leaves. The chemist begins to walk. The experimenter says "You know the others were right, you can't ever reach the women?". The chemist replies "Yes, I know, but I can get close enough for experimental purposes."
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Pete o'Hanlon: If it wasn't insulting tools, I'd say you were dumber than a bag of spanners.Hearty chortle... I figured it was going to be something about estimates or rounding... close!!
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Here is what prompted the re-telling of this vernerable joke: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3585456/Re-Inplement-a-precise-timer.aspx[^] A mathematician, a physicist and and a chemist are have been gathered in a room for an experiment. The scientist leading the experiment says, to the three "As you no doubt have noticed, there is a beautiful, naked women in the middle of the room. Your task is to walk half the distance to her, stop, then walk half the distance again. When you reach her, she is happy to do whatever you want." The mathematician looks at the floor, estimates the first step, the second, the third. He then leaves the room saying "I'm out, I can never reach the woman" The physicist sets off, takes the first step, then notes distance tavelled, doe same for the second third and fourth steps. At this point he says "Experimental evidence suggests that it will take an infinite amount of time to reach the women" and leaves. The chemist begins to walk. The experimenter says "You know the others were right, you can't ever reach the women?". The chemist replies "Yes, I know, but I can get close enough for experimental purposes."
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Pete o'Hanlon: If it wasn't insulting tools, I'd say you were dumber than a bag of spanners. -
Here is what prompted the re-telling of this vernerable joke: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3585456/Re-Inplement-a-precise-timer.aspx[^] A mathematician, a physicist and and a chemist are have been gathered in a room for an experiment. The scientist leading the experiment says, to the three "As you no doubt have noticed, there is a beautiful, naked women in the middle of the room. Your task is to walk half the distance to her, stop, then walk half the distance again. When you reach her, she is happy to do whatever you want." The mathematician looks at the floor, estimates the first step, the second, the third. He then leaves the room saying "I'm out, I can never reach the woman" The physicist sets off, takes the first step, then notes distance tavelled, doe same for the second third and fourth steps. At this point he says "Experimental evidence suggests that it will take an infinite amount of time to reach the women" and leaves. The chemist begins to walk. The experimenter says "You know the others were right, you can't ever reach the women?". The chemist replies "Yes, I know, but I can get close enough for experimental purposes."
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Pete o'Hanlon: If it wasn't insulting tools, I'd say you were dumber than a bag of spanners.I almost did a search for this one last week but decided not to. Thanks. By the way I heard it with an engineer instead of chemist, in engineering school 30 years ago. :)
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I almost did a search for this one last week but decided not to. Thanks. By the way I heard it with an engineer instead of chemist, in engineering school 30 years ago. :)
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I almost did a search for this one last week but decided not to. Thanks. By the way I heard it with an engineer instead of chemist, in engineering school 30 years ago. :)
I heard it in the Chemistry Dept of my old Uni 15 years, so the original might have been adapted.
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Pete o'Hanlon: If it wasn't insulting tools, I'd say you were dumber than a bag of spanners. -
I heard it in the Chemistry Dept of my old Uni 15 years, so the original might have been adapted.
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Pete o'Hanlon: If it wasn't insulting tools, I'd say you were dumber than a bag of spanners.Nope, they adapted it if it was the chemistry dept. From the standpoint of the joke, there's no difference between physicist and chemist. Both pure scientists.
Once you agree to clans, tribes, governments...you've opted for socialism. The rest is just details.
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Nope, they adapted it if it was the chemistry dept. From the standpoint of the joke, there's no difference between physicist and chemist. Both pure scientists.
Once you agree to clans, tribes, governments...you've opted for socialism. The rest is just details.
Tim Craig wrote:
physicist and chemist. Both pure scientists.
chemist?! Nah chemists are basically alchemists, i.e. charlatans. :)
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Tim Craig wrote:
physicist and chemist. Both pure scientists.
chemist?! Nah chemists are basically alchemists, i.e. charlatans. :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]I heard a slightly ruder version where the punch line features an Engineer. Engineer: That's near enough F**k it!
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I heard a slightly ruder version where the punch line features an Engineer. Engineer: That's near enough F**k it!
The engineer works better for that joke. :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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I almost did a search for this one last week but decided not to. Thanks. By the way I heard it with an engineer instead of chemist, in engineering school 30 years ago. :)
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