You are fat, lazy, dont get enough sun, dont get enough exercise, probably are pre-diabetic, dont see enough nature, dont grow any plants, don't drinknenough water and are watching our civilization go to shit. Yeah, we are depressed. But a happy pill is not the answer!
I love this line.
I agree with everything you wrote. As we talked about, I think drugs can be useful, but it is used far too often these days. What should be a last resort becomes a first one because it's easy.
I also like what you said about saying the professor's theory is bunk and proposing better. That said, her response was unfortunately right on. In higher education, that's a great way to get blackballed out of the system unless you are not only very very right but you are very good at getting support from other professors who have a good deal of rank so that your professor who you said was wrong can't retaliate. It's all so political... As one of my prof friends told me the other day, being a professor is about trying to play politics long enough to get tenure, only then can you actually start teaching because you are safe. You talk about a messed up system that has become entirely corrupted from the original purpose...