Taking the metaphor of a sailing journey — the university as a lighthouse or as a cruise ship — and the challenge of living in an age of infinite truths, the reflection led to a surprising conclusion: universities may need to become more directive and less open. If the multiplicity of truths is the challenge of our time, the university should be a safe haven, a ship students can step onto without being confronted with every truth and every voice out there, guided instead by the truth of research.