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Horrible Silence: Thoughts on the "Moment of Silence"

I was reading Alan Alda's memoir "Things I overheard...," and I was struck by something he wrote. As he was addressing a graduating class from Caltech, he said this:

“I’m asking you today to devote some significant part of your life to figuring out how to share your love of science with the rest of us.
But not just because explaining to us what you do will get you more funding for what you do…although it surely will…but just because you love what you do.
And while you’re explaining it, remember… Continue