A somewhat advanced society has figured
how to package basic knowledge in pill form. A student, needing some
learning, goes to the pharmacy and asks what kind of knowledge pills
are
available.
The pharmacist says, „Here’s a pill for
English literature.“
The student takes the pill and swallows it and
has new knowledge about
English literature!
„What else do
you have?“ asks the student.
„Well, I have pills for art history,
biology, and world history,“
replies the pharmacist.
The
student asks for these, and swallows them and has new knowledge
about
those subjects. Then the student asks, „Do you have a pill for
math?“
The pharmacist says, „Wait just a moment.“ He goes back into
the
storeroom and brings back a whopper of a pill and plunks it on
the counter.
„I have to take that huge pill for math?“ inquires
the student.
The pharmacist replied, „Well, you know … mat
h always was a little
hard to swallow.“
