Fermi
A proud parent with a baby named Fermi predicts the child's future salary only to within a couple of orders of magnitude.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-06-26-fermi/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"Naming your baby Fermi says, 'This child will do great things, at least to an order of magnitude.'"
Parent: "So clever! This child will earn 10⁶ dollars per year! Or maybe 10⁴. In that range."
