The Philosophy Thread (53)

49 Name: Anonymous Scientist : 2008-04-23 05:51 ID:H80iNpSH

Anyways, >>1, please listen to me. Because it's really related to this thread.

I went to the Left Bank a while ago; you know, the Left Bank? Well anyway there was an insane number of people there, and I couldn't get in. Then, I looked at the banner hanging from the ceiling, and it had "15 francs off" written on it. Oh, the stupidity. Those idiots. You don't come to the Left Bank just because it's 15 francs off, fool. It's only 15 francs, 1-5 FRANCS for crying out loud.

There're even entire families here. Family of 4, all out for some postmodern phenomenological deconstructionism, huh? How fucking nice. "Alright, daddy's gonna explore postcolonialist narratives and dialogue with the text." God I can't bear to watch. You people, I'll give you 15 francs if you get out of those seats.

The Left Bank should be a bloody place. That tense atmosphere, where two guys on opposite sides of an existential question can start a fight at any time, the stab-or-be-stabbed mentality, that's what's great about this place. Women and children should fuck off and stay home.

Anyways, I was about to start eating, and then the bastard beside me goes "I favor Bentham's utilitarianism." Who in the world talks about the greatest good of the greatest number nowadays, you moron? I wanted to ask him, "do you REALLY want to talk about Bentham?" I want to interrogate him. I want to interrogate him for roughly an hour. "Are you sure you don't just like saying the word 'utilitarianism?'"

Coming from a philosophy veteran such as myself, the latest trend among us vets is this, scientific falsifiability. That's right, Popper's criterion of falsifiability. This is the vet's way of thinking. Falsifiability means you have to create testable ideas instead of just farting around. But on the other hand the effort required is a tad higher. This is the key. And then, it's delicious. This is unbeatable.

However, if you order this then there is danger that you'll be marked by the employees from next time on for "scientism"; it's a double-edged sword. I can't recommend it to amateurs.

What this all really means, though, is that you, >>1, should just stick with writing pseudo-profound graffiti on bathroom walls.

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