David Churvis wrote: > I think it's time for an economist joke. > > A mathematician, a statistician, and an economist are all interviewing for > the same job. The interviewer brings in the mathematician and asks "what is > two plus two?" > > The mathematician is insulted and huffs "everyone knows two plus two is > four. Why on earth would you ask such a silly question?" > > The interviewer brings in the statistician and asks the same question. The > statistician replies "Taking into acount normal variance and the standard > deviation of the population set, minus the inaccuracies inherent in an > abstract set, two plus two should be four plus or minus ten percent." > > The interviewer finally brings in the economist and asks the same question > again. The economist looks around, closes the door, draws the blinds, and > asks the interviewer "what do you want it to be?"
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