Actually, I first heard the answer to the question, “How do you know economists have a sense of humor?” from the EconTalker, Russ Roberts. I don’t know if he came up with it, but since I heard it first from him, I will credit him with it (at least purposes of this post).1,2
But I am going to change the question a little, though the answer is still the same. Here is my phrasing: “How do you know economists have a sense of the absurd?”
The answer to both ways of phrasing the question is the same: They use decimal points.
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