On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, May 19, 2014 6:39:49 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: >> > The provers call the calculators as "Just applied not pure mathematicians" >> > The calculators say of the provers: "They are not mathematicians but >> > logicians" >> > (or philosophers)" [Chris had a funny quote on this a few weeks ago] > >> Which Chris? I don't remember either reading or writing such a quote, >> and would like to. There are a good few Chrises on this list :) > > You!! > Something about mathematicians philosophers and waste-paper baskets
Oh! Yes, I remember now. Old joke I found someplace. Physicists need heaps of sensitive (and expensive) equipment... mathematicians need only pencils, paper, and waste-paper baskets. And philosophers don't even need waste-paper baskets. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
