Tear Down Those Walls

Two men sitting next to each other on a flight struck up a conversation. “What do you do?” asked one. “I’m a rancher,” the other replied, “What do you do?” “I’m a statistician.” The other man said. “That’s a new one on me,” said the rancher, “what kind of work is that?” The statistician responded with an illustration of how his work could benefit the rancher. “When you round up cattle,” he said, “instead of running them through a gate to get a count, I could just fly over them and tell you exactly how many you have.” “That sounds great,” said the rancher, “but before I hire you let’s do a test. I will run my cattle through the gate and count them. Then you will fly over them and do the same. If our counts agree, you’re hired.” The men arranged to conduct the test and, a few days later, the plan was carried out. The rancher ran his herd through the gate…