A week later, the friend met him on a plane and asked him why he changed his theory. He replied: ‘I didn’t change my theory. It’s just that I subsequently computed the probability that there simultaneously be two bombs on the plane. This is low enough for my comfort, and so I now carry my own bomb.’
— Raymond Smullyan, A Mixed Bag, 2016
First heard that joke back in the 80s
ReplyDeleteI think it's older than that, closer to 1970. But it was funny then and funny still.
ReplyDeleteMy dad was a statistician by trade and he liked it too.
Hysterical! Thanks
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