The ability to listen is a big plus, and the ability to pretend to listen and put the right word at the right time is virtuosity.

Wauw Very reminds some of our scientific advice.

zzz And also lectures in the universe when you sleep on the first pair on the gallery :)

No, I fell asleep at the last couple, and the lecturer was always late. Well, as late... for half an hour, let’s say. Or did not come at all. I had to wait, because it was shy. Well, what, in combination, also the rector of another institute :-) Yes, and the subject was interesting, compared to the rest.
In general, they waited, and sometimes even waited, but the forces were no longer left. I fell asleep a few times. Sitting in front of the lecturer. On the other side of the table.
But this is not the most gesture. Glory is something else. For example, when in the course of a report at the scientific council you suddenly hear a loud cries. A uncle in the front rows, a member of the council, a dean at another institute, and your former predecessor in the universe (it's all about him). A good uncle, humorous and smart, a former KVNist, one of the first.
But it’s not a gesture either. The gesture begins when after the report he stops snoring, stands up and asks a question. A normal question, well on the subject, yes.