The Matter of Love

Having exhausted all research, convinced of neither god, nor God, nor love, Professor Shuman decides this to be his last counsel. Apple in pocket, he plays games through the mundane session. Yet when Counsellor Jamal brings up theories of scientific musings, written to the layman or those who may yet believe, he reconsiders. Fingering his apple, he wonders if the yet unproven may explain love.Reviewing his professional life, a career wrapped in theories seeking to explain greater purpose in human good, frustrated at depth Professor Chris Shuman plays out his lecture halls role in the counselor’s office. Sticking to scientific integrity, what cannot be proven must be discarded, what has yet to be proven must be investigated, Chris repeals all theories of compassion. In spite of the eu-social, he argues final conclusions that humanity has evolved for no other purpose than animal survival. And with no proof of love, realizing he cannot truly care for even his own children, the professor falls back on a favourite medieval fairy tale allowing his meaningful escape from it all.