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[JoeyTribbz] A stats professor palns to travel to a conference by plane. When he passes the security check, they discover a bomb in his carry-on-baggage. Of course, he is hualed off immediately for interrogation.
"I don't understand it! " the interrogating officer exclaims. "You're an accomplished professional, a caring family man, a pillar of your parish - and now you want to destroy that all by blowing up an airplane! "
"Sorry", the prfoessor interrupts him. "I had never intended to blow up the plane."
"So, for what reason else did you try to bring a bomb on board?!"
"Let me explain. Statistics shows that the probability of a bomb being on an airplane is 1/1000. That's quite high if you guess about it - so high that I wouldn't have any peace of mind on a flight."
"And what does this have to do with you bringing a bomb on board of a plane? "
"You see, since the probability of one bomb being on my plane is 1/1000, the chance that there is two bombs is 1/1000000. If I already bring one, the chance of another bomb being around is actually 1/1000000, and I am much safer..."
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