If the entire world was destroyed by a catastrophe, leaving only an auditorium full of college students alive in a life raft, and these students had to vote to take along only one professor, which professor would it be? That's the premise of the University of Montevallo's life raft debate. Professors (one from each discipline) plead and make the case of why their discipline is so important that the students must take them along on their life raft. At the end of the debate, a final faculty member plays The Devil's Advocate and argues why the students should take no one. Click here to see the webcast of this year's debate, and here to hear a NPR segment about the debate.
So which would you vote for? The mathematician? The business strategist? The musician? Which one would be most useful in this new society?
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