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Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman.


The more you know, the more you can recognize there are Emmenthaler-sized holes in your understanding of things. You sit in a lecture and you’re shocked to hear about something you’ve gotten wrong your entire adult life. But it doesn’t make you feel stupid.

I always thought “prehistoric” was dinosaurs and cavemen. Actually it describes everything that happened before things started getting written down. I thought our planet has seasons because something tilts back and forth twice a year. No.

Pat Shiplett

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