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Title: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: vaskidmark on October 03, 2012, 07:39:31 AM
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121002/METRO/210020372/1361/Michigan-State-professor-hospitalized-after-outburst

Is there a connection between this happening and this happening in Detroit?  It seems that there is more of a connection with his beiong a math profesor:

http://www.lomont.org/Math/Talks/Mathematics%20and%20Insanity.pdf

15 minutes for the cops to get there on reports of a naked man running around the halls?  I gues we now know what to say to the Deptoit 9-1-1 operators whenever a prompt response is needed.

stay safe.
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: BryanP on October 03, 2012, 08:42:03 AM
At least he wasn't concealing a weapon ...
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Tallpine on October 03, 2012, 09:30:05 AM
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someone who claimed to be a student said the episode occurred in his calculus class

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121002/METRO/210020372#ixzz28F5gjsLF

The professor has probably been getting closer and closer and closer to insanity for a long time  :lol:
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Scout26 on October 03, 2012, 10:14:54 AM
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McCarthy is not being charged with a crime, police said.

Really?!?!  Having the cheese slide off your cracker and running through the hallways ranting and raving while naked gets you....nothing.

The line keeps move further and further back each day...

Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Harold Tuttle on October 03, 2012, 12:05:24 PM
do not try the brown bath salts
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: kgbsquirrel on October 03, 2012, 12:13:14 PM
Really?!?!  Having the cheese slide off your cracker and running through the hallways ranting and raving while naked gets you....nothing.

The line keeps move further and further back each day...



You answered it right there. Mental competence for one's actions. Seems to be manifestly lacking here and he caused no physical or financial harm to bystanders. I see little reason to grind the man down further when he already has quite the task of piecing his life back together.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: lupinus on October 03, 2012, 12:16:56 PM
At least he wasn't concealing a weapon ...
Are you sure about that?
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: MicroBalrog on October 03, 2012, 12:18:25 PM
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"At this point everyone in class ran out. We were literally scared for (our) lives.

You are telling me a class - that is, ten, maybe twenty young, healthy men and women - were afraid that a naked, overweight man older than them by about three decades was going to kill them? How? Bite them to death?
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: MechAg94 on October 03, 2012, 12:29:35 PM
You are telling me a class - that is, ten, maybe twenty young, healthy men and women - were afraid that a naked, overweight man older than them by about three decades was going to kill them? How? Bite them to death?
Are you kidding? 

Even if you were trained in hand to hand combat, who wants to fight a crazy guy?  Lots of stupid ways to get hurt.  Better to keep clear.  While he was freaking out, he wasn't hurting anyone or himself.  No reason not to just keep clear and let professionals handle him.
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: MechAg94 on October 03, 2012, 12:31:23 PM
Note to Self:  If I ever decide to go crazy and get naked in public, go on a diet and do some sit ups.    =|



(I am in shape.  Round is a shape!)
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: MicroBalrog on October 03, 2012, 12:43:40 PM
Are you kidding? 

Even if you were trained in hand to hand combat, who wants to fight a crazy guy?  Lots of stupid ways to get hurt.  Better to keep clear.  While he was freaking out, he wasn't hurting anyone or himself.  No reason not to just keep clear and let professionals handle him.

I'm not saying they should have fought him. Obviously there was no good reason to fight him.

But there was also no good reason to fear him. They had of course done the right thing, but I think being afraid of something that's not genuinely scary is in itself downright dangerous - imagine someone would have pushed another student while rushing to get out, or fallen over and broken a limb, these things also happen. 
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 03, 2012, 01:00:05 PM
crazy folk are scary

come visit i can prove it >:D

unless of course you are the craziest person in the room [popcorn]
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Boomhauer on October 03, 2012, 02:13:29 PM
I had a professor go crazy and start screaming and yelling at us but unfortunately she did not get nekkid. Shame, as she was a total MILF...

Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: French G. on October 03, 2012, 02:49:11 PM
The professor has probably been getting closer and closer and closer to insanity for a long time  :lol:

 ;/
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Tuco on October 03, 2012, 03:16:15 PM
I had a professor go crazy and start screaming and yelling at us...


I made that happen in sixth grade.
Knew there'd be hell to pay when I got home, but it was worth it.

Was also the last time my dad tried to use "the belt".  Five pairs of tighty whities had him aiming at the small of the back and lower thighs. 

My lack of response kept him drunk and stoned for over a week.
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: RevDisk on October 03, 2012, 03:17:07 PM
Really?!?!  Having the cheese slide off your cracker and running through the hallways ranting and raving while naked gets you....nothing.

The line keeps move further and further back each day...

The guy is obviously not a criminal and had mental issues. Hospital is the place for him, not the lockup. He's going to have this hanging over his head for the rest of his life. I don't see piling BS charges on him, that would be dismissed if the courts have any shred of humanity left, would help the matter.

Or honestly do you believe 100% obvious medical issues should be dealt with by criminal sanctions?


Are you kidding? 

Even if you were trained in hand to hand combat, who wants to fight a crazy guy?  Lots of stupid ways to get hurt.  Better to keep clear.  While he was freaking out, he wasn't hurting anyone or himself.  No reason not to just keep clear and let professionals handle him.

I'd prefer to fight someone trained in martial arts than a crazy person. Crazy folks tend to be quite strong, don't stop kicking until long after they shouldn't be, and don't always STOP when they should.

Bump that. I'm keeping a distance and calling the cops/medics.
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 03, 2012, 03:22:56 PM
The guy is obviously not a criminal and had mental issues. Hospital is the place for him, not the lockup. He's going to have this hanging over his head for the rest of his life. I don't see piling BS charges on him, that would be dismissed if the courts have any shred of humanity left, would help the matter.

Or honestly do you believe 100% obvious medical issues should be dealt with by criminal sanctions?


I'd prefer to fight someone trained in martial arts than a crazy person. Crazy folks tend to be quite strong, don't stop kicking until long after they shouldn't be, and don't always STOP when they should.

Bump that. I'm keeping a distance and calling the cops/medics.

and if you know they are looney toons its hard to get motivated to do what needs to be done. you know its not their fault
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Lee on October 03, 2012, 04:11:36 PM
Maybe he just shed his clothes in order to better lead a Spartan lifestyle.
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Tallpine on October 03, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
Maybe he just shed his clothes in order to better lead a Spartan lifestyle.

He needs to shed some pounds first  [barf]
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on October 03, 2012, 06:36:41 PM
I had a professor go crazy and start screaming and yelling at us but unfortunately she did not get nekkid. Shame, as she was a total MILF...



We used to set off our french teacher on a regualr basis. Luckly, he also did not take his clothes off. He also was legally blind so the erasers he threw at us never hit the targets.
Poor Mr. Keith, we were really mean to him.
Title: Re: Math professor loses it mid-lecture
Post by: Lee on October 03, 2012, 07:08:12 PM
BTW - East Lansing is a long way from Detroit.