Alfred Nobel excluded mathematics from his prizes, likely due to his focus on tangible benefits to mankind, viewing math as ...

I once split a lunch bill with a Ph.D. statistician. By the time he finished his calculations, 50-50 had added up to three different sets of tips and two plus two no longer consistently equaled four.

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I once split a lunch bill with a Ph.D. statistician. By the time he finished his calculations, 50-50 had added up to three different sets of tips and two plus two no longer consistently equaled four.