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#1 2006-08-16 03:44:16

soha
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Why Must We Learn This

One day our professor was discussing a particularly complicated concept. A pre-med student rudely interrupted to ask, "Why do we have to learn this pointless information"

"To save lives." the professor responded quickly and continued the lecture.

A few minutes later, the same student spoke up again. "So how does physics save lives?" he persisted.

"It keeps the ignoramuses like you out of medical school," replied the professor.


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#2 2006-08-16 04:18:00

Devantè
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Re: Why Must We Learn This

Nice joke - Many years ago, nobody liked to study physics! big_smile

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#3 2006-09-06 21:28:39

MathsIsFun
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Re: Why Must We Learn This

Smart prof.


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#4 2006-09-09 05:30:06

Devantè
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Re: Why Must We Learn This

I wonder if a professor would actually say something like this...it seems unlikely, but not impossible of highly unlikely. I can imagine a professor saying something like 'get out of my physics class, you don't know how much life you're wasting here!' or something like that.

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#5 2006-09-10 00:25:05

Patrick
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Re: Why Must We Learn This

haha, nice one..


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