Dr. Gad Saad
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He was a young assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
So I had gone to visit him.
And, uh,
He was teaching a class or whatever.
He was busy.
So I said, you know what, I'll go to the Carnegie Museum while waiting for you to finish your class and then we'll hook up when you're done.
We'll go for dinner, whatever.
So I walk into the Carnegie Museum and I'm looking at the art.
And at one point there was an empty canvas.
That was the art piece.
Wow, bravo, so beautiful, so daring.
And so, of course, I understand what the reflex there was, which is who are you to judge what art is?
The blank canvas is itself a form of art.
So I got pissed off.
I demanded to see the museum curator.
They sent some other hack.
How can I help you, sir?
I said, I paid money to come into this museum.
Yes?
Yes, sir.