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Sep 08 |
There’s an old story about two men on a train. One of
them, seeing some naked-looking sheep in a field, said,
“Those sheep have just been sheared.’; The other looked
a moment longer, and then said, “They seem to be—
on this side.” It is in such a cautious spirit that we
should say whatever we have to say about the workings
of the mind.
John Holt, How Children LearnWP
And since we’re at it, I might as well show off my other train-and-grazing-animals-through-the-window joke:
Two Englishmen are going by train. A conversation isn’t getting on. The train passes a meadow, on which a herd of sheeps pastures. One of the passengers says:
—1356.
The other man is surprised, but gives no answer. In some time the train passes another pasture. The first passenger says:
—1693.
His neighbor brakes and asks:
—Sir, our train moves at speed 60 miles per hour. How can you count so quickly?
—Oh, sir, it’s very simple! First I count a quantity of legs in a herd and then I divide this number by four.
All Elementary Mathematics, New method of fast calculus
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