<p>Really. This editorial is Exhibit A for “What does it mean when people say Stanford isn’t intellectual?” It means that talking about ideas is seen as merely one element of a smorgasbord of ways to spend your time, including watching sports, earning money, and kicking back, all of which are equally valid and valuable, and not something that underlies and infuses everything you do. It also means that you can’t expect the kids on the newspaper to know enough about philosophy (or to know enough philosophy majors) to understand that philosophy students probably aren’t talking that much about Nietzsche, however fun his name is to spell. And that it apparently makes sense that students talking about what they are studying at the main undergraduate hangout would surprise people.</p>