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Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 12:20 pm
by WildBill
An Ivy League professor says his flight was delayed because a fellow passenger thought the differential equations he was writing might be a sign he was a terrorist.
American Airlines confirms that a woman expressed suspicions about University of Pennsylvania economics professor Guido Menzio.
Menzio was flying from Philadelphia to Syracuse on Thursday to give a talk at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada.
He was solving a differential equation, but said he was told the woman thought he might be a terrorist because of what he was writing.
American spokesman Casey Norton said the crew followed protocol to take care of an ill passenger and then to investigate her allegations.
They determined them to be non-credible.
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/american ... /179332303
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 12:23 pm
by ScottDLS
If he was doing vector calculus, DHS would have thrown a flash-bang at him.
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 1:39 pm
by Pawpaw
Imagine the trouble he would've been in if he also had a $2 bill sticking out of his pocket!
viewtopic.php?f=83&t=84075
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 1:52 pm
by JALLEN
I recall a day when idiots were much more humble, reticent, shy about their limitations, the good old days when people observed Lincoln's advice, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 2:17 pm
by Screamin Jimmy
Reminds me of a quote I read once: "Genius has its limitations. Stupidity does not."
James
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 1:11 pm
by TangoX-ray
Al Gebra must be stopped at all costs!!
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 1:31 pm
by Keith B
Must have been doing Common Core Math....
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:40 pm
by TexasFlash
Very enlightening post AndyC; D-K explains a lot about life nowadays.....
Dave
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:49 pm
by Flightmare
I'm sure he was planning to use that weapon of Math destruction!
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:13 pm
by Texsquatch
It's funny they mentioned only the fear of the equation as the reason of suspicion. Anyone Google how the dude looks? I'm sure the lady had something to say about that.
http://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~gmenzio/
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:23 pm
by WildBill
Texsquatch wrote:It's funny they mentioned only the fear of the equation as the reason of suspicion. Anyone Google how the dude looks? I'm sure the lady had something to say about that.
http://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~gmenzio/
Maybe the guy was counting on his fingers.
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:39 pm
by WildBill
TexasFlash wrote:Very enlightening post AndyC; D-K explains a lot about life nowadays.....
Dave
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 4:01 pm
by Pawpaw
Texsquatch wrote:It's funny they mentioned only the fear of the equation as the reason of suspicion. Anyone Google how the dude looks? I'm sure the lady had something to say about that.
http://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~gmenzio/
He looks like a scruffy Leonard Hofstadter.
Re: Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 4:05 pm
by WildBill
Pawpaw wrote:Texsquatch wrote:It's funny they mentioned only the fear of the equation as the reason of suspicion. Anyone Google how the dude looks? I'm sure the lady had something to say about that.
http://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~gmenzio/
He looks like a scruffy Leonard Hofstadter.
This is what a real college professor looks like.
