Odd numbers are prime
Posted by Στυλιανός Λουκά Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:13:23 EET
A bunch of scientists are to prove that all odd numbers greater than 1 are prime numbers.
The informatician starts: 3 is prime => Every other number if prime.
The mathematician: 3 is prime, 11 and 13 are prime. The rest follows per induction.
The physicist: 3 matches. 5 matches. 7 matches. 9 measurement error. 11 matches. 13 matches. The argument is correct.
Politician: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is in the minority and can be ignored, 11 is prime, 13 is prime.
Psychologist: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is prime but oppresses it, 11 is prime, 13 is prime…
Windows user: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is… a corruption in PRIMES.DLL.
Quantum physicist: All numbers are prime as well as non-prime, as long as we don't observe them.
Theologian: 3 is prime and that is adequate for me as a proof.
Programmer: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, … - STACK OVERFLOW
Logician: Hypothesis: All odd numbers are prime. Proof: 1) If there exists a proof, then it must be true. 2) There exists a proof, you are reading it right now.. => Hypothesis is true. Q.E.D
Sociologist: 3 is a number, 3 is a prime number; hence all numbers are prime.
Statistician: 100 % the sample 5, 13 37, 41 and 53 are prime, hence all odd numbers are prime.
Chemist: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime - thats more than adequate.
Engineer: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is… rounded up its approximately prime, 11 is prime, 13 is prime…
Informatician with Pentium-Processor: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 6.9999999978 is prime…
Philosopher: Why not name all prime numbers odd and all odd numbers prime?
Pope: 9 is prime. If you don't believe it you will be doomed!
Multiculti: How can anyone be so harsh and classify numbers!!
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