My friend asked me if I had any idea why candidates from the Humanities and Social Sciences would adopt such a grievous style. Apart from the fact that it was the disciplinary convention, I admitted that I hadn't. "Because nobody in the Humanities or Social Sciences has an imagination!" he thundered. It was Shaw, or Thackery, perhaps both, who quipped that women are the greatest enemy of women, and my friend had taken a doctorate in English Literature. I asked him if any humanists or social scientists were awarded prizes. He said of course not. "Simply because of a choice of font?" This seemed controversial. "No, no. Don't be absurd," he answered. "That was just annoying. No, there were not any Humanities or Social Science candidates chosen because their work was insipid. Scientists are the only people in the academy nowadays doing any work the least bit inspiring. They are the last humanists."