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[lyster]

orewashinanai referred to the personal utility function in a recent post, which put me in mind of a philosophy lecture I attended as an undergrad featured one of the most hilarious displays of academic obliviousness I've ever had the pleasure to see

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[orewashinanai]

That is AMAZING.

[lyster]

I could no more believe it was happening at the time than I could keep a straight face. Ah, Directed Studies...

[holmes_iv]

Have to say, that's the direction my mind went too, but I had no awesome anecdote for it to remind me of. ;-)

[emilymorgan]

I think I remember this! But who was it? Your spring semester philosophy professor or mine?

[lyster]

Dan and I did some research to figure out who this was last night, because neither of us could remember the man's name and neither of us attended his philosophy class. Turns out it was Michael Weber. Did you have class with him? Was he like (or unlike) this in his more private teaching life?

[emilymorgan]

Nope, I had Michael Nelson. I don't even remember another young guy besides Nelson and Troy Cross.

[lyster]

You know, I think your memory may have succeeded where Dan's and my research has failed: I'm pretty certain it was Michael Nelson after all. Reedy guy, goatee, short hair?