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xkcd #3104: Tukey (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Numbers can be tricky. On the day of my 110th birthday, I'll be one day younger than John Tukey was on his.

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[-] [email protected] 36 points 15 hours ago

This reminds me of Charles Babbage's response to being asked if his computer would give the right answer if the wrong numbers were entered:

I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

I've been tempted to drop this line in meetings more than once.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Is this a coherent thought? (Actual question)

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