[whitney69]

“If you go to a party and try to talk physics, the chances are that you will go home alone.”

In today’s society, when did intelligent conversation about anything become the social meter of success as a human? And if you find the right person, you not only will not go home alone but they will stay for breakfast (or make it) and maybe beyond. Luring is predatorial. Of course, leave it to a college instructor with his/her background of success and that’s what they expect...animals they tend.

wy69

[GingisK]

My professor was being funny at the time. Some people, like myself, make merriment of society.

[GingisK]

In addition to my professor's jocular comment, he went on to say that a university targets "the whole man". It is more than a trade school. A well rounded individual cultivates a better self and then makes a better society. Perhaps a fully educated person will even cast his vote thoughtfully...

It was a good lecture, much like the one in Second Hand Lions.