Two men are sitting in the basket of a balloon. For hours, they have been drifting through a thick layer of clouds, and
they have lost orientation completely. Suddenly, the clouds part, and the two men see the top of a mountain with a man
standing on it.
"Hey! Can you tell us where we are?!"
The man doesn't reply. The minutes pass as the balloon drifts past the mountain. When the balloon is about to be swallowed
again by the clouds, the man on the mountain shouts: "You're in a balloon!"
"That must have been a mathematician."
"Why?"
"He thought long and thoroughly about what to say. What he eventually said was irrefutably correct. And it was of no
use whatsoever..."
they have lost orientation completely. Suddenly, the clouds part, and the two men see the top of a mountain with a man
standing on it.
"Hey! Can you tell us where we are?!"
The man doesn't reply. The minutes pass as the balloon drifts past the mountain. When the balloon is about to be swallowed
again by the clouds, the man on the mountain shouts: "You're in a balloon!"
"That must have been a mathematician."
"Why?"
"He thought long and thoroughly about what to say. What he eventually said was irrefutably correct. And it was of no
use whatsoever..."
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