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A comment on The Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test (2015).

Re:The Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test... by losteverything on Saturday April 08, 2017 @01:12PM (#14067884)
I have to say this was a fantastic short read.

Is the chauffeur story true? (I'm almost afraid to ask)

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Re:The Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test... by mhb on Saturday April 08, 2017 @02:51PM (#14068345)
Not according to the article: I frequently tell the apocryphal story
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Re:The Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test... by losteverything on Saturday April 08, 2017 @03:24PM (#14068533)
Sorry. My chauffer just told me I knew that.
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Re:The Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test... by late2part on Saturday April 08, 2017 @02:05PM (#14068131)
Almost certainly not...

http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/chauffeur.asp

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Re:The Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test... by jejones3141 on Saturday April 08, 2017 @07:07PM (#14069564)
Probably not; Leo Rosten's _The Joys of Yiddish_ has the same story with a Chasidic rabbi in place of Max Planck.
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Re:The Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test... by dhimes on Saturday April 08, 2017 @03:48PM (#14068634)
Just became aware of a version of this joke with Einstein instead of Planck.
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