The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason. Things went very quiet for a time and then a few months later we were called back and told that it was going to be a full season.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here.