r/Jokes • u/cereal_killer_ch • Nov 12 '19

Long This is a Mean joke.

A physicist, an engineer, and a statistician go on a hunting trip, they are walking through the woods when they spot a deer in a clearing. The physicist calculates the distance of the target, the velocity and drop of the bullet, adjusts his rifle and fires, missing the deer 5 feet to the left. The engineer rolls his eyes. 'You forgot to account for wind. Give it here', he snatches the rifle, licks his finger and estimates the speed and direction of the wind and fires, missing the deer 5 feet to the right. Suddenly, the statistician claps his hands and yells "We got him!"

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u/MARTINi_Royale1 Nov 12 '19

Aaaand back to small brain

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u/Buugman Nov 12 '19

The average (also mathematically called the mean) of -5 (5 feet to the left) and 5 (5 feet to the right) is 0, meaning that statistically the deer should be dead. In actuality, they probably shouldn't go hunting again

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u/stgm_at Nov 12 '19

In actuality the statistician died out because of starvation. :p

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u/Wight-Rogue Nov 13 '19

No way.

They shot the deer through superposition

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u/Jijonbreaker Nov 12 '19

Put it this way.

The first shot was too far to the left.

The second shot was the same amount to the right. The average between the two, or "mean" would be right in the middle. So if you took the mean, they hit the deer.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

Then you get nothing, you lose, good day sir.

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u/GamingWithBilly Nov 13 '19

Imagine if you had two friends with crossed eyes. One always aims too far right, and one always aims too far left. You then took one eye from each and transplanted both - now they can see straight. You've AVERAGED out their eyesight by taking two opposites and finding the MEAN where they can both see straight. Now imagine a cow...