Experience is the best teacher

The head of the local college’s Philosophy Department is walking along a beach one day and finds a magic lantern.  He brings it back to the faculty dining room where he rubs it and a genie appears.  No three wishes from him, but an offer: “I’ll grant you whichever of three blessings you choose. Wisdom, beauty, or ten million dollars.”

Immediately, the professor chooses wisdom. There is a flash of lightning, the professor is transformed, but then he just sits there, staring down at the table.

One of his colleagues whispers, “Now that you have great wisdom, say something!”

The professor says, “I should have taken the money!”