Why I’m not a comedian, either

27 Oct, 2005  Comment

Cosma is looking for advice on assigning a textbook. Since I have absolutely no clue what he’s talking about, I’ll just make jokes about one of his topics:

ergodic theory

What the hell is that? Some sort of concept of a Higher Power? Or perhaps a methodology of “therefore”?

Crap. I can’t even make a good joke about it. My computer’s dictionary says ergodic is an adjective

relating to or denoting systems or processes with the property that, given sufficient time, they include or impinge on all points in a given space and can be represented statistically by a reasonably large selection of points.

Well, that explains it then. It’s about that creepy drunk guy in the bar who hits on all the women.

[edit, some time later]: And if I’d thought harder about it, I’d've said something like “concept of a Higher Power with audible pauses.” And that’s not very funny either. Shoot.

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