Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 10th March 2019

Dilbert//10921, first published seven years ago on Sunday 10th March 2019

Tags

business ethics, engineering, government, idea, managers & supervisors, math, ocean, research, sarcasm, science, temperature, tests

Official transcript

Boss: We won a government contract to measure ocean temperatures.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE WON A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO MEASURE OCEAN TEMPERATURES.

WHICH PART OF THE OCEAN?

THE WHOLE OCEAN.

WE CAN'T PUT SENSORS EVERYWHERE IN THE OCEAN. IT'S TOO BIG.

WE CAN MEASURE A BUNCH OF PLACES AND ESTIMATE THE REST.

50 ... YOU WANT ME TO MEASURE 1% OF THE OCEAN'S TEMPERATURE AND ESTIMATE THE OTHER 99%?

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

TRY USING MATH.

WOULDN'T IT BE CHEAPER TO MEASURE NOTHING AND JUST ESTIMATE THE WHOLE THING?

EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU COME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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