Ian Stewart tells (in Concepts of Modern Mathematics) this story:
An astronomer, a physicist, and a mathematician (it is said) were holidaying in Scotland. Glancing from a train window, they observed a black sheep in the middle of a field.
"How interesting!" observed the astronomer, "ALL Socttish sheep are black"
To which the physicist responded, "No, no! SOME Scottish sheep are black!"
The mathematician gazed heavenward in supplication, and then intoned, "In Scotland, there exists at least one field, containing at least one sheep, AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF WHICH IS BLACK."
- I always thought it's more glamourous to become an astro-physicist. No no, In fact a notion of a non-judgemental attitude of mathematician will make me look less likely a black sheep. -
