I
first received the following story in 1999. I have never seen it confirmed, so
let’s call it a parable. It might have happened; it might not have happened.
Either way, the story makes a nice point:
A college student
was in a philosophy class. The class was debating the existence of God. The
professor argued, “Has anyone in this class heard God?”
Nobody
spoke.
“Has
anyone in this class touched God?”
Again,
nobody spoke.
“Has
anyone in this class seen God?”
When
nobody spoke for the third time, he simply stated, “Then there is no God.”
One
student did not agree. He asked for permission to speak. The professor granted
it.
The
student stood up and asked the following questions of his classmates: “Has
anyone in this class heard our professor's brain?”
Silence.
“Has
anyone in this class touched our professor's brain?”
Absolute
silence.
“Has
anyone in this class seen our professor's brain?”
When
nobody in the class dared to speak, the student concluded, “Then, according to
our professor's logic, it must be true that our professor has no brain!”
Disrespectful, perhaps, but the
student received an “A” in the class.
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