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Question: prove all odd numbers are prime.
Mathematician:
1 is prime , 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, .... 11 is prime,
so is 13 and therefore, by induction, all odd numbers are
prime. QeD.
Physicist:
1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 .... 11 is prime,
13 is prime, .... all odd numbers are prime, 9 is just
experimental error.
Engineer:
1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is is a good approximation,
11 is prime, 13 is prime, .... therefore, all
odd numbers are prime.
Computer Scientest:
1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime...
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