[Mick]

Next she will say  the Bill Gates if the world had an unfair advantage

Oh, those types of comments are very common these days.

People like Gates, Bezos, and Musk are as rich and powerful as they are not because of hard work or any admirable qualities like that. They merely got lucky in the gene pool lottery.

They and Zuckerberg are also all psychopaths. I'll never understand why people worship rich and powerful more than celebrate humane and honest.

I don't think very many people worship them.
Some people do admire what they have accomplished and are accomplishing.

Unfortunately there are very many people who believe that if you are a "celebrity" the you must be smart, insightful, and generally correct. How do you think Trump got elected?

Same reason Meryl Streep testifies before Congress about the evils of UDMH/Alar.  She has degrees in dramatic arts from Vassar and an MFA from Yale, but does not have the underlying scientific training to be an authority on Alar.  Doesn't stop any of us from opining, of course, but she tried to set policy, as do a number of other celebrities.  

I have much admiration for Fred Gwynne (played Herman Munster, among other things) and his stance on celebrity opinions.  A reporter asked him his opinion on a political issue, and Fred (Harvard, '51) replied that actors live in a make-believe world and shouldn't opine on real-world events because regular people overvalue celebrity opinions, or words to that effect.  Smart guy, Mr. Gwynne.

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3.  The "food insecurity" comment I don't understand at all.  And maybe because I was on a campus where every student was guaranteed buffet-style dining 19 meals a week.  There are Stanford students who don't have access to food?

The Wilbur food service could make those things simultaneously true.

When I was in college, SAGA was our food service.  It was a large, public company that served all kinds of restaurants and institutions.  They graded their food on a 1-5 basis, 1 being the best.  In the early 1980s, midlevel restaurants received the "1" level food.  The University of California system received the "3" level food.  The California Penal System received the "4" level food.  And SCU received the "5" level food, basically the food that was so bad that it wasn't fit for convicts.

[Mick]

Next she will say  the Bill Gates if the world had an unfair advantage

Oh, those types of comments are very common these days.

People like Gates, Bezos, and Musk are as rich and powerful as they are not because of hard work or any admirable qualities like that. They merely got lucky in the gene pool lottery.

They and Zuckerberg are also all psychopaths. I'll never understand why people worship rich and powerful more than celebrate humane and honest.

I don't think very many people worship them.
Some people do admire what they have accomplished and are accomplishing.

Unfortunately there are very many people who believe that if you are a "celebrity" the you must be smart, insightful, and generally correct. How do you think Trump got elected?

Same reason Meryl Streep testifies before Congress about the evils of UDMH/Alar.  She has degrees in dramatic arts from Vassar and an MFA from Yale, but does not have the underlying scientific training to be an authority on Alar.  Doesn't stop any of us from opining, of course, but she tried to set policy, as do a number of other celebrities.  

I have much admiration for Fred Gwynne (played Herman Munster, among other things) and his stance on celebrity opinions.  A reporter asked him his opinion on a political issue, and Fred (Harvard, '51) replied that actors live in a make-believe world and shouldn't opine on real-world events because regular people overvalue celebrity opinions, or words to that effect.  Smart guy, Mr. Gwynne.

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3.  The "food insecurity" comment I don't understand at all.  And maybe because I was on a campus where every student was guaranteed buffet-style dining 19 meals a week.  There are Stanford students who don't have access to food?

The Wilbur food service could make those things simultaneously true.

When I was in college, SAGA was our food service.  It was a large, public company that served all kinds of restaurants and institutions.  They graded their food on a 1-5 basis, 1 being the best.  In the early 1980s, midlevel restaurants received the "1" level food.  The University of California system received the "3" level food.  The California Penal System received the "4" level food.  And SCU received the "5" level food, basically the food that was so bad that it wasn't fit for convicts.