Chemical reaction

Posted By James Forsyth Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 5:53 PM Share

Stephen Colbert interviews 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Peter Agre:

Colbert: You said 'anyone who grew up on a farm knows that evolution exists'. Ok, are you saying a monkey can milk a cow?

Agre: Well, if I can milk a cow I suspect a monkey as smart as I am can milk a cow.

Colbert: Are there monkeys as smart as you?

Agre: I'm sure there are quite a few, quite a few.

Colbert: Oh really? mmhum. Do they give a Nobel prize for thowing your own feces?

Agre: ........That's the Economics prize, I think.

Hat Tip: Greg Mankiw

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