"Here is the academic background of the writers of The Simpsons: J. Stewart has a bachelor’s in mathematics from Harvard and a master’s in mathematics from

"Here is the academic background of the writers of The Simpsons: J. Stewart has a bachelor’s in mathematics from Harvard and a master’s in mathematics from UC Berkeley. David S. Cohen has a bachelor’s in Physics from Harvard and a master’s in computer science from UC Berkeley. Ken Keelers has a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Harvard. Jeff Westbrook has a PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University." Even better (from presentation of science) - Futurama!