Mike Elba heard a knock on his office door. “Come in,” he said. Mike looked up and saw the department supervisor walk through the door.
“I hear you have taken a number of biology courses,” said the supervisor, addressing his youngest summer intern.
“Yes, I took a few,” was the reply from Mike. Mike had hoped to use his knowledge of biology in his intern position. He had been asked to work in the marketing department at the offices of the company that made Generic Viagra.
“Well,” said the supervisor. “I want you to read this article.” The supervisor gave Mike an issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior. Mike could see that his supervisor had made clear which article should be read by the companys new summer intern.
“This article is about a product called Athena Pheromone 10X,” said the supervisor. “I want you to read about the results of a recent study done with that agent. I want to know if the men who used that 10X look like the sort of men who might choose to participate in a clinical trial of a modified Generic Viagra.”
“I will get reading right now,”...