Today I watched a large portion of a movie with a group of other adults.
It’s a biography of sorts, I’m not sure of the accuracy. But I was impressed, and a little dismayed, by the presentation of the culture. I’d expected more curiosity from the subject of the story and his colleagues.
Perhaps it’s my training and interest in the sciences which lead to different expectations. I had expected a group of college professors to test new idea out on each other within a group. The setting was not so long ago as to prevent active communication with other institutions of higher learning – in other countries and on other continents.
Did the British universities really look only inward in the 1950’s?
How disappointing.
The story within the movie — to be continued next week. But I expect the professor who has not lost recent debates to learn something important from a younger woman.
