On 06/10/09 11:40, Darren New wrote:
> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>> Because they usually hang around smart people. Classic case: A smart
>> graduate student feeling he's worthless.
>
> That too. I often mentioned how dumb some people were, and my wife never
> believed me. It wasn't until we got to where we were buying something
> for $12, with 60% off, and the lady at the register with the calculator
> couldn't figure out whether to charge us $5 or $7 that my wife finally
> twigged that there really are people who aren't too bright.

	Your wife's expectations are too high.

	I just point people to Verizon Math.

	Or a mechanical engineering prof from whom I took a course. He kept 
insisting that mixing units in calculations is fundamentally wrong, and 
can never give a correct answer.

	Even if you're consistent in how you do it.

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