http://www.kvue.com/news/local/american ... /179332303An 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.
Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
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Flight Delayed Due to Higher Mathematics
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If he was doing vector calculus, DHS would have thrown a flash-bang at him. 
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Imagine the trouble he would've been in if he also had a $2 bill sticking out of his pocket! 
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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."
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
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Reminds me of a quote I read once: "Genius has its limitations. Stupidity does not."
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Al Gebra must be stopped at all costs!!
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Must have been doing Common Core Math....
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Very enlightening post AndyC; D-K explains a lot about life nowadays.....
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I'm sure he was planning to use that weapon of Math destruction!
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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/
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Maybe the guy was counting on his fingers.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/
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TexasFlash wrote:Very enlightening post AndyC; D-K explains a lot about life nowadays.....
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He looks like a scruffy Leonard Hofstadter.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/
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This is what a real college professor looks like.Pawpaw wrote:He looks like a scruffy Leonard Hofstadter.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/
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