Hardcore Academia

In the current issue of SEED magazine, Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin discusses his double-life as old-school punk rock hero ... and PhD student of Evolutionary Biology.

The interview questions are predictable ("Are there elements of the punk rock ethos -- challenging authority and thinking independently -- that you apply to your academic career?")

But his answer is nice:
"Being punk is a natural part of being human. Most people in 'civilized' societies have been trained to lose touch with their natural desire to question authority and challenge popular belief. In science, of course, we are trained to always question and never be content without verification. Scientific training goes hand-in-hand with a punk ethos."

In-fucking-deed!

PS- do you think SEED editorial assistant Ted Alvarez, who conducted this interview, Googled "punk rock ethos" to find that definition? Name me any artistic movement that doesn't challenge authority. It is a hair more specific than that, but we get the idea. It's ok.