If the UN calls a world philosophy day and doesn’t tell anyone… 20 Nov 2008 … has it still happened? Anyway, the BBC, bless ’em, has had philosopher David Bain pose four philosophical questions to mark the epistemologically problematic day: 1. Should we kill healthy people for their organs? 2. Are you the same person who started reading this article? 3. Is that really a computer screen in front of you? 4. Did you really choose to read this article? Or in more traditional terms: Utilitarian ethics, personal identity, perception and illusion, and free will and determinism. Sneaky. Get ’em in with a condundrum and then pervert the minds of those who stay to consider. Classic Socratic corruption of the youth. Well played, that man. Humor
Humor Unnecessary people 10 Oct 2010 I was kind of musing on the road to ruination we are all skipping merrily down the other day when it occurred to me that there are some well-defined classes of people whose activities are the major reason why things are a mess. And the next thought was: who could… Read More
Humor Heather Graham – it’s true what they say about blondes (in Hollywood, anyway) 10 Jun 2009 My next ambition is to teach myself to levitate. So far I’ve only succeeded in my dreams. I practice transcendental meditation and there is a phase where you’re meant to lift off the ground. It hasn’t happened yet. I’ll manage it one day. In fact, I’m aiming beyond levitation. I… Read More
Humor I should stand for Parliament perhaps 7 May 2010 It’s the going thing in the UK. H/T Leiter. Read More
Did a little round-up of a news article and some links – but then, Queenslanders are usually on the ball regarding Philosophy in Schools. 🙂 http://podblack.com/?p=1062
Did a little round-up of a news article and some links – but then, Queenslanders are usually on the ball regarding Philosophy in Schools. 🙂 http://podblack.com/?p=1062
Hmm… 1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. Yes And BTW, the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin is 28. I counted.
Hmm… 1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. Yes And BTW, the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin is 28. I counted.
1. It is an illusion to think that one can kill anybody 2. Do people really exist? 3. What’s real? 4. See 3! It is an illusion to believe that pins have heads!
1. It is an illusion to think that one can kill anybody 2. Do people really exist? 3. What’s real? 4. See 3! It is an illusion to believe that pins have heads!
What most people don’t realize is that the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin depends not on the angels but the style of dance the are doing. If they are doing dances that allow a large number to crowd into a small space like ballroom or line-dancing then you can get upwards of 40 on the head of a pin. On the other hand, there are dances that need a lot more space so you might only get 10 jitterbugging or breakdancing angels on the same pinhead. The wings get in the way, too.
1. No, not for organs but yes for a Fender Stratocaster. 2. Define person 3. Is this a monitor which I see before me, The mouse toward my hand? Come, let me click thee. I link thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal Vista, sensible To keyboard as to mouse? or art thou but A Window of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the pride-oppressed Gates? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I Corel draw. 4. No, I just pretended.
1. No, not for organs but yes for a Fender Stratocaster. 2. Define person 3. Is this a monitor which I see before me, The mouse toward my hand? Come, let me click thee. I link thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal Vista, sensible To keyboard as to mouse? or art thou but A Window of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the pride-oppressed Gates? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I Corel draw. 4. No, I just pretended.