Re: education

Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:

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?

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The answer given to the waitress, who pretended not to understand it,
didn't include the +c hence was incorrect.
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I'd say the joke is mathematician incorrectly assumes a blonde woman
can't do math.

I see.  I don't like the joke.  It's usual for experts to abuse language
when they talk to one another, so the omission of the constant shouldn't
be a problem among the two mathematicians.  If the joke was to make fun
at blondes, then yeah---not very funny.

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

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Not smart because they fall for tired stereotypes.

Very tired.

Elijah
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but would mathematicians really stoop to doing simple calc?

Didn't get your question, although I understand every word in it.