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59. How about physicist, engineer and mathematician jokes?

Fri Feb 7, 2014, 08:27 AM

Feb 2014

A mathematician, a physicist, an engineer and a computer programmer were asked to prove or disprove the theorem that all odd numbers are prime.

Mathematician: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is not prime. The theorem is false.

Physicist: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is not prime--but that could be an experimental error. 11 is prime, 13 is prime--that's quite a few data points. The theorem is tentatively true, but more research is needed.

Engineer: That would certainly be convenient. 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is prime, 11 is prime, 13 is prime, 15 is prime, etc.

Programmer: I have a program that can check a lot of cases quickly--here comes the printout. 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime, 7 is prime.....

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A student's science joke [View all] ybbor Feb 2014 OP

Wanna hear a math joke? FSogol Feb 2014 #1

Now that's funny! ybbor Feb 2014 #2

Le� Szil�rd and Edward Teller met up in a bar MrScorpio Feb 2014 #9

That is bad. ybbor Feb 2014 #20

This one is knot funny: Dr. Strange Feb 2014 #25

Hahahahahahahaha!! that's good! lastlib Feb 2014 #32

A giraffe walks into a bar. No, seriously, a giraffe walks into a bar. Coyotl Feb 2014 #54

ROFLMAO. GliderGuider Feb 2014 #75

Noah is having problems with two venomous snakes FloridaJudy Feb 2014 #57

BOOOooooo! Hissss!! lastlib Feb 2014 #60

That took me a second. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #28

Smart dog, and very funny too LOL Coyotl Feb 2014 #53

As a self appointed member of the Grammar Police Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2014 #114

That was good! n/t Aerows Feb 2014 #3

Werner Heisenberg was speeding on a country road MrScorpio Feb 2014 #4

I like it ybbor Feb 2014 #8

I want to be in your class! Squinch Feb 2014 #5

Statistics Aerows Feb 2014 #6

Funny ybbor Feb 2014 #7

Old favorite Aerows Feb 2014 #10

Now that I get! ybbor Feb 2014 #13

One of my favorites ybbor Feb 2014 #14

OMG Aerows Feb 2014 #15

Yeah it stinks! ybbor Feb 2014 #16

The pencil or the joke? Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #72

Back in my day, constipated mathematicians worked it out Coyotl Feb 2014 #55

I suppose that'd be preferable to working it out with a computer........ lastlib Feb 2014 #61

Not if you fork a finger process seveneyes Feb 2014 #64

(I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot pole...!) lastlib Feb 2014 #65

Ok resting on my laurels ybbor Jan 2015 #116

Not the greatest joke around, but it's about average. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2014 #91

This is my favorite stats joke Travis_0004 Feb 2014 #34

I laughed like a maniac at that TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #41

LMAO Aerows Feb 2014 #48

I have this comic on a t-shirt. DeadLetterOffice Feb 2014 #76

That's a clever IQ test too! Coyotl Feb 2014 #79

I love that one! LeftishBrit Feb 2014 #89

My favorite in this thread. I just broke company policy . . . MrModerate Feb 2014 #44

You totally got the joke! Aerows Feb 2014 #49

Marie and Pierre Curie were walking hand in hand down a Parisian street MrScorpio Feb 2014 #11

Oh, Fukushima humor. ybbor Feb 2014 #17

Good one for Algebra Aerows Feb 2014 #12

Always remember, there are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Mister Ed Feb 2014 #24

Now that is really good ybbor Feb 2014 #26

Binary--it's easy as 1-10-11 !! lastlib Feb 2014 #33

Ooh, good one! n/t Mister Ed Feb 2014 #36

Stop it! ybbor Feb 2014 #38

Excellent! Aerows Feb 2014 #85

There are two kinds of people in the world... DeadLetterOffice Feb 2014 #78

There are three kinds of people in the world . . . tclambert Feb 2014 #81

There once was a lady named Bright jazzimov Feb 2014 #18

Ahh. Physics ybbor Feb 2014 #19

Physics: FSogol Feb 2014 #21

I like it ybbor Feb 2014 #22

OK, LLOL . . . MrModerate Feb 2014 #45

lol I did too! TxDemChem Feb 2014 #97

An Oldie But Goodie... Laxman Feb 2014 #63

That REALLY Tickled Me ProfessorGAC Feb 2014 #106

A limerick about ME!! TygrBright Feb 2014 #51

Higgs Boson walks into a church... ThoughtCriminal Feb 2014 #23

I was literally LOL ybbor Feb 2014 #27

I think "you wouldn't have Mass" Aerows Feb 2014 #50

Heh. +1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #113

, blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #29

They left out... nikto Feb 2014 #30

Yes, yes ybbor Feb 2014 #31

Ah, the one thing the electron is positive about Paulie Feb 2014 #35

Leonard's chicken joke from Big Bang theory: tclambert Feb 2014 #37

The sound on my computer is crapped out. Were these the ones? eridani Feb 2014 #58

An anomaly occurred? Okay, transcript of Leonard's joke: tclambert Feb 2014 #82

In one dorm room, a sign said, "Werner Heisenberg may have slept here." tclambert Feb 2014 #39

Was that island Samos? ybbor Feb 2014 #42

Woah. TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #43

That. Is. Awesome. trotsky Feb 2014 #71

lol giggling out loud here TxDemChem Feb 2014 #99

Post this in class... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #40

Heehee ybbor Feb 2014 #46

I had a chemistry prof who put a problem on an exam..... lastlib Feb 2014 #62

But so you have the answer to the age old question? TexasProgresive Feb 2014 #69

Could'a been worse... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #86

Love it TxDemChem Feb 2014 #100

Could have been *Bad* FloridaJudy Feb 2014 #110

That's Good ybbor.. thank you! nm Cha Feb 2014 #47

We have math geeks around here Aerows Feb 2014 #52

You guys are just having too much fun! Hekate Feb 2014 #56

How about physicist, engineer and mathematician jokes? eridani Feb 2014 #59

A quickie: VWolf Feb 2014 #66

Glass is full! Half liquid, half air. If it really were half-empty: tclambert Feb 2014 #83

Nature abhors a vacuum .... a lot! n/t VWolf Feb 2014 #87

Larson DemoTex Feb 2014 #92

I love me some The Far Side! ybbor Feb 2014 #94

Awesome! TxDemChem Feb 2014 #101

Had to go there. And my other favorite. Aerows Jan 2015 #117

This message was self-deleted by its author List left Feb 2014 #67

Past, present, and future walk into a bar. drokhole Feb 2014 #68

whole bunch of math jokes here central scrutinizer Feb 2014 #70

The OP is a mashup of two jokes SansACause Feb 2014 #73

A horse walks into a bar... clarice Feb 2014 #74

Girl Walks Into A Bar Coyotl Feb 2014 #80

lolol hilarious, clarice Feb 2014 #84

Rene Descartes walks into a bar... KansDem Feb 2014 #77

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #88

C, E-Flat and G walk into a bar... riqster Feb 2014 #90

Nice one TxDemChem Feb 2014 #102

Thanks! The scale was originally defined by Pythagorus. riqster Feb 2014 #103

Sadly, I took music theory in high school. TxDemChem Feb 2014 #105

It's amazing where applied mathematics can rear its ugly head, innit? riqster Feb 2014 #107

Those two sound good to me! TxDemChem Feb 2014 #108

I'm in! riqster Feb 2014 #109

An MBA, an engineer and a computer programmer Lefty Thinker Feb 2014 #93

A molecular biologist went to a livestock auction. cab67 Feb 2014 #95

George H. W. Bush walks into a bar ........ Coyotl Feb 2014 #96

Best. Joke. Ever. riqster Feb 2014 #104

So many great jokes, I had to bookmark this thread! TxDemChem Feb 2014 #98

I even still have a few friends left FloridaJudy Feb 2014 #111

I like it a lot. ybbor Feb 2014 #112

Engineers and golf lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #115