Category: Philosophy
Eating Donuts
Too Much Sadness
Could’ve been you
flight attendant: is there a doctor on board?dad: *nudge* could’ve been youa philosopher: *sigh*flight attendant: we are going to crash and can either hit a field and kill 1 farmer or a runway and kill 5dad: whata philosopher: IT’S HAPPENING OH MY GOD IT’S REALLY HAPPENING— Anna Lauren Hoffmann (@annaeveryday) November 27, 2019
Hegel!
Ayn Rand
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
— http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/ephemera-2009-7.html
Ontological Argument
Existentialist Light Bulb Joke
(printed by fortune in one of my terminal windows today) Q: How many existentialists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Two. One to screw it in and one to observe how the light bulb itself symbolizes a single incandescent beacon of subjective reality in a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching out … Continue reading “Existentialist Light Bulb Joke”
Pascal’s Wager Revisited
I got the following in my work email this morning: I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t, and die to find out there is. You are my 8 in 8 seconds. I am not breaking … Continue reading “Pascal’s Wager Revisited”
Metaphysical shell script output
XXXXXXXX.sh: Shell script existing successfully I suppose we’d never see this message if this shell script wasn’t existing successfully.