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The physicist joke

By Marcus Wilson • 17/10/2009 This post was syndicated from Physics Stop - View original source


So, for those who want it in full, here is the joke I referred to earlier.

A geneticist, a physicist, and a statistician are all asked by a gambler to advise him on which horse to place his money in the Melbourne Cup.


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