The door opened, and the answer to buzzer number two entered.
He was a tall, thin, pale-looking man with stooped shoulders and thick glasses. He came in and seated himself before Andrew's desk and waited in silence until the editor spoke.
"Gene, how many fields in psychology have you covered?"
The other shook his head. "Since I came to work for you, only one. Applied psychology, or the art of finding out what people want to be told and then telling them."
"That's soft-soapism."
"You name it," grinned the thin man. "You asked for it. Oh, we've carried the burning torch often enough—that's the other psychology. Finding out what people think is good for them and crying against it."
"Or both."
"Or both," smiled Gene.
"This is a crazy business, sometimes. I'm on another branch again, Gene. How much of the human brain is used?"
"Less than ten percent."