Ah, Academia....
Posted: January 14th, 2020, 4:04 pm
A chemist, a physicist, and a statistician are scheduled to meet with the college dean, and are in the foyer waiting to be called. While they're waiting, a fire unexpectedly breaks out in a wastebasket.
"Quick!" the chemist says. "Find something to cover the basket! Once we've deprived the fire of one of its reactants, it will go out!"
"No!" the physicist says. "We must first lower the fuel's temperature below its ignition point. Find a water cooler!"
Meanwhile, the statistician has been running around the room setting additional fires. "What do you think you're doing?" the other two shriek.
The statistician looks at them with surprise. "Why," he answers, "trying to get an adequate sample size..."
"Quick!" the chemist says. "Find something to cover the basket! Once we've deprived the fire of one of its reactants, it will go out!"
"No!" the physicist says. "We must first lower the fuel's temperature below its ignition point. Find a water cooler!"
Meanwhile, the statistician has been running around the room setting additional fires. "What do you think you're doing?" the other two shriek.
The statistician looks at them with surprise. "Why," he answers, "trying to get an adequate sample size..."
