Technically it was the hallway outside of a meeting room, but close enough.

  • Hi, we haven’t met yet. I’m Professor X from History.
  • I’m Professory Y from the Physics Department.
  • Oh, that’s smart.

Guys, the hierarchy is real. It roughly correlates with the list of IQ by majors, although I suspect it can be somewhat augmented by local departmental prestige.

Even the people who refuse to acknowledge it know that it’s real.

And a whole lotta people are trying to compensate for it.

What happens when a lobster gets a PhD?