> interested people are interesting If what they're interested in interests you too. Or as happened in this map genius story, if they're charismatic enough to

> interested people are interesting If what they're interested in interests you too. Or as happened in this map genius story, if they're charismatic enough to convince you (and the gathering crowd) that it's interesting. Professor sounds like an ideal place for that skillset to end up. I know people who are profoundly interested in certain things but you learn not to touch the topic because they'll deep dive on something you don't care about, and they aren't socially skilled enough to keep you engaged despite that.