Last year in my philosophy class someone thought Rene Descartes was a current world leader and just flat out didn't know who Immanuel Kant was.
Obviously?Duh!
Started by Elfie, Dec 19 2014 10:07 AM
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Posted 21 December 2014 - 01:47 PM
Not gonna lie, I know fucking NOTHING about Kant.
I do know Descartes, though.
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Posted 21 December 2014 - 02:56 PM
Last year in my philosophy class someone thought Rene Descartes was a current world leader and just flat out didn't know who Immanuel Kant was.
I Kant even....
It is perfectly acceptable to fear and admire a being you could not possibly understand.
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Posted 21 December 2014 - 03:51 PM
Not gonna lie, I know fucking NOTHING about Kant.
He's one hardcore rationalist, fantastic wig and undeniably clever but his theism proves to shoot some holes in his ideas. But hey could be worse, he could be Berkeley.
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Posted 21 December 2014 - 07:08 PM
Not a fan of Kant. His viewpoint is just so damned depressing.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me-- and there was no one left to speak for me.
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Posted 22 December 2014 - 04:22 AM
Not a fan of Kant. His viewpoint is just so damned depressing.
Hume is my boy, empiricist and secular philosopher. Just not sure if I'm an indirect realist.
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Posted 22 December 2014 - 06:02 AM
Will not lie, do not much remember hume
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me-- and there was no one left to speak for me.
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 12:14 AM
On an even happier note, I don't know any of those guys.
My younger sister until just a couple years ago didn't realize that rolling the windows down didn't really mean rolling them up like towels inside the car door.
My younger sister until just a couple years ago didn't realize that rolling the windows down didn't really mean rolling them up like towels inside the car door.
“The exchange went unnoticed by the world, just one
other of many exchanges between a multitude of
strangers, acquaintances, friends, or enemies all around.”
other of many exchanges between a multitude of
strangers, acquaintances, friends, or enemies all around.”
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 02:01 PM
I used to think that.
...When I was six.
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 04:15 PM
In summer I sometimes go to children camps as a supervisor, in parallel there is always a teenagers camp as well.
Last year there was a girl (~8) that asked me if the guy with the long hair (a supervisor from the teenager camp) was a girl since boys do not have long hair.. Even though she as a girl had short hair.. but she was convinced that guys always have short hair and girls have long hair (but girls can cut their hair if they like)
Et j'aime la nuit écouter les étoiles. C'est comme cinq cent millions de grelots. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 04:31 PM
I'll let my sister know so she can feel better about herselfI used to think that.
...When I was six.
(She thinks she's the only one)
“The exchange went unnoticed by the world, just one
other of many exchanges between a multitude of
strangers, acquaintances, friends, or enemies all around.”
other of many exchanges between a multitude of
strangers, acquaintances, friends, or enemies all around.”
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 04:34 PM
When I was a little kid I used to rub my eyes a lot so my mother told me they'd fall out if I kept doing that. I totally believed her, and would even shake my head and ask if any of them jiggled or looked loose.
You know how when water goes down the drain sometimes it sticks in those circular grates for a second? I used to think those were fish eyes looking up at me.
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 04:40 PM
Ooh! When I was little, a family friend told me that "a frog in one's throat" was literal. She told me that a tiny frog crawls into your throat and makes you sound funny.
Hook, line and sinker for me.
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 04:47 PM
I used to think that frogs appear if people whistle when I was five. My mom told me some weird stories about her brother, so yeah...
“The exchange went unnoticed by the world, just one
other of many exchanges between a multitude of
strangers, acquaintances, friends, or enemies all around.”
other of many exchanges between a multitude of
strangers, acquaintances, friends, or enemies all around.”
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 04:48 PM
THAT'S SUCH A COOL ONE!
Like, what a great myth!
I want a Miyazaki movie out of that.
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 09:48 PM
Also, my mom thought Eminem was Marky Mark.
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 09:51 PM
Happens all the time I can't think of a specific example outside of my mom's general technological ineptitude. But I expect that now...
Hrrm...
Oh, a friend of mine in college hadn't seen like any movies but had gone to the premier of Haunted Mansion. I was like, WHAT?!? You saw that movie but haven't seen Dirty Harry, Animal House, The Princess Bride, or the Back to the Future trilogy? What?
To contribute to the current discussion, everybody should check out Three Minute Philosophy.
"The Curious Task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design."
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Posted 23 December 2014 - 11:50 PM
Seconded, that needs to be a thing.THAT'S SUCH A COOL ONE!
Like, what a great myth!
I want a Miyazaki movie out of that.
I'm fearful, I'm fearful, I'm fearful of flying, and flying is fearful of me.
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Posted 24 December 2014 - 04:44 AM
I Kant believe it's not Butler
Pfffffffff.
Ask for my discord/Insta/Tumblr if you want.
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Posted 24 December 2014 - 07:32 AM
Also, my mom thought Eminem was Marky Mark.
I'm gonna get in trouble laughing this hard.
