Practical Things You Can Learn from Studying Science--lessons from history

One of my favorite science anecdotes (and I get to work in: genetics, fish, history, and the devil).

Glad I am not the teacher reading that paper

Stereotypes notwithstanding, this one is actually from UMass rather than Hampshire.

Student recounting story:

So I knock on his door and say, "Man, where the hell were you?! We had a job scheduled, and you didn't show up!"

He says, "I had a paper to write."

So, I said: "Is that why your room smells of frigging weed??!!

Multiple Universe Disorder (continued)

Just discovered the fly in the ointment of my exceedingly cunning multiverse work reduction plan: students whose files were marked incomplete are now protesting, claiming that they already turned in the papers--in the parallel universe.

Smartasses.

Damn. I knew I should not have twittered about this.

Multiple Universe Disorder (continued)

now able to eat lunch and listen to music because one of my alternate selves is marking student papers, & the other is sorting the recycling

Multiple Universe Disorder (continued)

now starting to get into the idea of the "multiverse," sensing the endless possibilities

Multiple Universe Disorder

Suddenly disturbed at the thought of the existence, yea, necessity of multiple universes. Does this mean that I have to clean out an infinite number of litterboxes, vacuum an infinite number of rugs?

Pride goeth . . . ? (well, it's certainly out and about)

The role of the professor:

"I had to create this persona where I walk around as a real force on campus"