Probability Jokes

Probability theory is probably the least understood area by the general population (except for certain gamblers). As a simple example, consider the History Professor friend of mine who was scared of flying and asked me one day: "What is the probability that there will be a bomb on an airplane?" I re... read more

Annoyed at the lack of detail, the officer
barked, "Yes, what?" Instantly the machine
replied, "Yes, sir!"

And I think there's a big chance that you'll agree

"I'll take my chances", he said.

Teacher: If I toss a penny, what are the chances that I get a head?

Girl: For a penny? Not very bright.

They are not important and nobody cares about them.

Blonde: But there's no 1 in 5000000. Only a five and six zeros.

A mathematician is afraid of flying due to the small risk of a terrorist attack. So, on every flight he takes a bomb with his hand luggage. "The probability of having a bomb on a plane is very low", he reason, "and the probability of having two bombs on the same plane is virtually zero."

Cause you can distribute your sample over me

They said it was weapons of math instruction.

Found this on Raymond Smullyan's book "To Mock a Mockingbird". Hope you might like it.


There is the story of
a statistician who told a friend that he never took airplanes: "I
have computed the probability that there will be a bomb on
the plane," he explained, "and although this p... read more

that's over 60%