Re: education

In comp.misc, Salvador Mirzo  <smirzo@example.com> wrote:

Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:

Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:

http://www.math.ttu.edu/~pearce/jokes1/joke-086.html

Lol.  I don't get the joke.  What's up with the joke?

The joke is that the second mathematician, who should know
better, gave the waitress the wrong answer to repeat.

 
Why was it the wrong answer?  Isn't
 
  (1/3) x^3 + c
 
the integral of x^2?

The answer given to the waitress, who pretended not to understand it,
didn't include the +c hence was incorrect.

I'd say the joke is mathematician incorrectly assumes a blonde woman
can't do math.

The waitress pretends to be dumb when he gives her what will be the
wrong answer to his question.

That's a mean waitress.

I'd say a smart waitress.

I.e., the joke is that the mathematicians were not quite as
"smart" as they thouoght they were.

Not smart because they fall for tired stereotypes.

Elijah
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but would mathematicians really stoop to doing simple calc?