here is some food for thought..

[cjriojas]

Philosophy is retarded. Philosophers teach others how to contradict them and each other and dont do anything for progress.

my next course is philosophy...
im pretty excited about it. i thought you all (intelligent people excluding lambchop) would appreciate some questions that are asked everyday but are not really thought about enough!
critical thinkers check-in!
• To what extent do we have a moral obligation to people we don’t know? For
that matter, to what extent do we have a moral obligation to nonhuman living
things? How about the environment: do we have a moral obligation to it?
• What are the ethically legitimate functions and scope of government? What
form of government is best? What is the proper connection between religion
and the state? Questions like these separate Democrats from Republicans,
conservatives from liberals, communists from capitalists, and theocrats from
democrats.
• Do people have natural rights? If so, how do we know that? Where do they
come from? What makes one person’s list of rights superior to another
person’s?
• Is there a God? Perhaps just as important, Does it make any difference
whether there is or isn’t a God?
• Do ends justify means?
• What, if anything, is the self? Is a person more than a physical body? Do
people really have free will?
• What is truth? Beauty? Art?
• Is it possible to know anything with absolute certainty?
• Does the universe have a purpose? Does life? Is there order in the cosmos
independent of what the mind puts there?
• What is time?
• Could anything have happened before the Big Bang?

I'll answer them later. Too tired

there is no such thing as a CORRECT answer.....we have laws(newton crap) we have constants(math crap) and hypothesis(guesses?) but for something to be absoluetly true it would have to be true in every single case that has ever existed and since no one has ever been around for all of existence and not seen every event or happening how can we possibly know that gravity always pulls down? how do we know that every circle follows pie? these things CAN NOT be proven for all cases only stressed to someones opinion and yes they will work for us every time and will seem true but how can this be known?.....

Really?! Every time you come to this site you further try to achieve defeating these forces that you claim have not existed since the creation of this world. Contradiction.

In the old days, Philosophy was the explanation for lapse in memory (and judgement) for the time period of insobriety. It was an excuse to wear flip flops, bell bottoms, and be proud to inhale instead of sweating Fortran and Linear systems. Don't get me wrong either, I really liked the excuses, so I will walk down memory lane for a few fleeting moments before I return to my other less practical quests like 101 ways to destroy a good set of tires.

No comment. Too much to read and not worth it