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