Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again due to the following reasons: Eye-opening experience in the alternate reality: Professor Gaitonde experienced a world where the very topic of his speculative lecture had become reality. This made his lecture redudant, since the people of the alternate version were living the reality that Gaitonde proposed and talked about. Hostile reaction from the audience: He faced a highly negative response, including verbal objections, and even a shower of tomatoes, eggs, and other objects, when he attempted to chair the lecture. This hostility contributed to his decision to never preside over meetings again.