Or use the line I've always favored: "I'm a professor. I'm supposed to be absent-minded."
Isn't it interesting that absent-mindedness used to be thought of as a sign that you were preoccupied with other, deeper thoughts. Now it's taken to be a sign that you're losing it. Here's a worthwhile exercise: Note how much of what is purveyed as news is meant to give you cause for worry.
"Note how much of what is purveyed as news is meant to give you cause for worry."
ReplyDeleteHow very true, most especially teevee reports. There is scarcely a financial/economic story that goes by that does not contain the doom-laden words, "And it's likely to get worse before it gets better."