Comments on: Overheard http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/11/12/overheard/ social commentary, gadgets, art, travel and whatever else comes to mind Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Media @ LSE Group Weblog » Blog Archive » Overheard by Eszter Hargittai http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/11/12/overheard/#comment-13765 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:41:56 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/11/12/overheard/#comment-13765 [...] She shared this overheard conversation snippet in this blog post: [...] […] She shared this overheard conversation snippet in this blog post: […]

]]> by: scott http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/11/12/overheard/#comment-13763 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:55:18 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/11/12/overheard/#comment-13763 Reminds me of a story I heard secondhand. A university trustee and a professor were chatting. The trustee, a local businessman, is extolling the virtues of a free market economy and turns to the professor, saying "maybe your own view is different, you being a socialist and all." To which the professor replied, "uh, I"m a sociologist." Reminds me of a story I heard secondhand. A university trustee and a professor were chatting. The trustee, a local businessman, is extolling the virtues of a free market economy and turns to the professor, saying “maybe your own view is different, you being a socialist and all.”

To which the professor replied, “uh, I”m a sociologist.”

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