When the aspiring young man tried to assert his opinion that an asteroid was going to destroy Earth the following year, he was astonished to be kicked out of his association. He thought he had assessed the situation clearly, but he had been wrong to think that the assorted gentlemen would believe his core assumptions. He tried to give assurances of their accuracy, but the verbal assault on his theory made him feel as if he had been assassinated. As he walked out of the building he saw that his most valuable asset, his car, had been stolen. With his aspirations crushed even further he walked home to assemble what was left of his life. He just couldn't stop thinking that those men to whom he had ascribed such wisdom were unable to assume an open mind to consider other ideas.