Thinking Irrationally

  • By Alex Walsh
  • | 1:14 p.m. July 1, 2011
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A popular joke among academics begins with a physicist, a chemist, and an economist on a desert island, each trying to think up a plan for getting back to shore. After the first two scientists offer their ideas, the economist says, “Assume a boat.”

 

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