A major university...
I don't like Edwards for any number of reasons - but the leading one is that he made his fortune over malpractice lawsuits via junk science and fraudulent medical charges. It just seemed to me that for a man concerned about the little people, he sure managed to walk away with a pile of money - over cases based on stuff that just doesn't hold up to scientific scrutiny. And if you're a lawyer and you KNOW that it ain't true, you're a crook.
...was looking for a new president and the board of trustees was conducting final interviews having narrowed the search down to three.
The first candidate was a renowned professor of mathematics and they asked him the one question they all agreed would decide the winner;
"What is truth?"
The math teach immediately launched into a dissertation about one plus one equaling two. He announced "That is what it is and that is all there is. 1 + 1 = 2. That..." he said, "is truth!"
They thanked him and told him they'd get back to him and moved on to the next candidate, a professor of philosophy.
"What is truth?"
"Well..." said the philosophy professor, "Truth can be many things. It can be true that 1 + 1 = 2, but, it can also be 3." The trustees coriousity was piqued. "How so?" they asked.
"Well..." said the philosopher, "One can be a man and another one can be a woman and one plus the other can make a child and that makes three!"
Quite impressed, the board thanked the professor and said they'd get back to him.
The third, and final, candidate, a high powered, big name practicing attorney who was also, like the other three, an alum, walked in. They asked him "What is truth?"
The attorney slowly turned and locked the door, went over to the windows and pulled the blinds and then looked each of the trustees in the eye, one by one. After a moment of considered silence he said to them...
"What do you want it to be? Answer that and then you'll have your truth."