On 2014-03-06, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > In article <53176225$0$29987$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> Physics is the fundamental science, at least according to the >> physicists, and Real Soon Now they'll have a Theory Of Everything, >> something small enough to print on a tee-shirt, which will explain >> everything. At least in principle. > > A mathematician, a chemist, and a physicist are arguing the nature of > prime numbers. The chemist says, "All odd numbers are prime. Look, I > can prove it. Three is prime. Five is prime. Seven is prime". The > mathematician says, "That's nonsense. Nine is not prime". The > physicist looks at him and says, "Hmmmm, you may be right, but eleven > is prime, and thirteen is prime. It appears that within the limits of > experimental error, all odd number are indeed prime!"
Assuming spherical odd numbers in a vacuum on a frictionless surface, of course. -- Grant -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
