Jon Stewart is the New Socrates 23 Oct 2007 According to a book mentioned by Greg Dahlman at blog.bioethics.net. He notes that this makes Stephen Colbert Plato. I think it makes Hilary Clinton Aristotle, and Richard Dawkins Epicurus, although the sequence is a bit messed up. Humor Logic and philosophy
Humor Fine – you have a decent presidential candidate. Now for the VP 4 Jun 200818 Sep 2017 As an Australo-African ape, Snowflake is happy that one command from him was enough to ensure Obama won the Democrat selection. Now he wants you to ensure that John Edwards is the VP. Edwards will bring many votes and some level headedness to the campaign, without the nasty taste in… Read More
Humor Amusing typogarphical errors – 4 12 Oct 2007 From an AP Bio student on his vocab quiz (they have to learn word roots, like -itis, -logy, etc. and be able to use the parts in real words w/ definitions): “Mammograb: Examination of the breasts.” Via Beautiful Biology, hat tip to John Pieret. Read More
Humor Just so we know who we’re talking about 7 Mar 2008 Below the fold is a humorous and possibly true account of reality TV trying to include geologists. With appropriate substitutions, the same thing could be said of any academic… Read More
I think that would make Bob Newhart, Thales of Militus, George Carlin would be Solon, and Richard Pryor, Pericles. Lenny Bruce, of course, is Moses.