Adviser: Are you generally applying for faculty jobs?
Me: No. I really don't want a faculty position, so there seemed no point in submitting an application since I'd still turn it down in favour of a postdoc.
Adviser: Well, you say you'd turn it down *now*, but if you got a competitive faculty job at a research university ...
Me: ... I'd be mad to turn it down?
Adviser: You'd be mad to turn it down.
Me: So I shouldn't apply. My logic is impeccable.
Me: No. I really don't want a faculty position, so there seemed no point in submitting an application since I'd still turn it down in favour of a postdoc.
Adviser: Well, you say you'd turn it down *now*, but if you got a competitive faculty job at a research university ...
Me: ... I'd be mad to turn it down?
Adviser: You'd be mad to turn it down.
Me: So I shouldn't apply. My logic is impeccable.