[madcaptenor]

My PhD is in probability.

When I was applying for academic jobs upon finishing my PhD, I said to one of my professors "every time I apply for a job, I feel like I have probability epsilon of getting it".

His response: "apply for one over epsilon jobs".

I told him I wasn't willing to accept such a large probability of not getting a job...

[KKKKkkkk1]

Apparently even probability professors can fall into the trap of ignoring all but the first moment of a probability distribution.