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 ... math always was a little hard to swallow."
