In article .com, "Tom Watson" wrote:
Understanding Engineers - Take Ten

One of my undergrad mathematics professors had a poster on his wall entitled
"Comparison of Various Disciplines." It ran something like this:

When asked to prove the false conjecture that all odd numbers are prime:

The mathematician says, "9 is not prime; clearly the conjecture is false."

The theologian says, "1 is prime -- yes, all odd numbers are prime."

The physicist says, "1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is
prime -- no, wait, 9 is composite -- 11 is prime, 13 is prime -- yes, all odd
numbers are prime; 9 must be an experimental error."

The engineer says, "1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is
prime, 11 is prime, 13 is prime, 15 is prime..."

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.