And here is an excerpt from a commencement speech he just made:
Stephen Colbert, comedian, Medical University of South Carolina: "Traditionally, commencement speakers dole out advice on life and careers to students. But I've made my career as an aggressively ignorant blowhard with a dismissive attitude toward knowledge in general and to science in particular. So, clearly I have no business in giving you any advice. ... Whenever I honestly, sincerely give young people advice ... the most common thing I say is go make mistakes. The best thing I ever did was to give myself permission to be wrong. I can't really give you that advice. It's irresponsible for me to tell graduates of a medical college to go out and make as many mistakes as you can."
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