Phd Comics
I just discovered Phd Comics today. I’m posting two of the strips below. Here’s a link to their top 200 rated comics.
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Tyler Hansbrough Staying In School To Take This One Awesome Philosophy Class
Funny article from The Onion [HT: Justin Conroy] Tyler Hansbrough Staying In School To Take This One Awesome Philosophy Class CHAPEL HILL, NC—University of North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough told reporters yesterday that his decision to forgo the NBA Draft and return for his senior year stems from a desire to “take this one awesome [...]
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Orangutan Attempts to Hunt with Spear
Isn’t this picture amazing? The newspaper running this story claims that this is the first time an orangutan has been spotted using a tool to hunt. If you read the article it turns out that he’s not very good at it, but it’s pretty impressive none the less. There are a lot of areas in [...]
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Ask Google Images: Metaphysics Edition
In the comments from this post - Joshua writes: Google images has taught me that I have several false views. Here are some questions that I asked and my interpretation of the answers: Q: Is endurantism or perdurantism true?A: Perdurantism Q: Is the pointy view of simples true?A: Yes Q: Is there a God?A: Yes [...]
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Is Concrete Modal Realism true? (Ask Google Images)
Is Concrete Modal Realism true?I think the answer here is clearly, yes! I used to be a linguistic ersatz kind of guy, but thanks to Google images I stand corrected. This is clearly a snap-shot of that possible world where not only is Santa clearly concrete, but I think that’s David Lewis’ counterpart. (ok…back to [...]
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Ask Google Images
A friend of mine introduced me to a fun time waster. I’m told it’s called Ask Google Images. Here’s what you do. 1. Go to Google Image Search2. Type in a Question3. The first image in the results is your answer. (Don’t ask me how images can be answers!) I thought - this is going [...]
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Custom Time at Gmail
Gmail introduces Custom Time. Who says that backwards causation isn’t possible? Never be late with your email again! A pretty funny April Fool’s Day prank. Well, it better be one. Note that in the testimonials column one of the beta testers occupation is listed as an epistemology professor. They also give a shout out to [...]
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The Super Mario Multiverse
Calling all metaphysicians! Would you like a simplified explanation of the multiverse interpretation of quantum mechanics? Would you like it to be presented to you using Super Mario World? Well, look no further. Interesting Philosophical ApplicationsMetaphysical ModalitySome people think that the parallel universes in the multiverse hypothesis could play the role of Lewisian Possible Worlds. [...]
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Typos in Blogs…and Elsewhere.
I’m in Phoenix. First blog post from an airport. I’m rushing, so it’s got me thinking about typos. Which is really awesome given the main thing I want to post about here. One worry about blogs is that you may rush yourself and publish too quickly. You’re bound to miss typos. Sometimes I’m bad with [...]
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Man Hugs (funny)
There’s a lot of talk in philosophy about gender. Most of the focus is on how weird gender expectations/norms affect women. But there are weird gender expectations/norms for men too. For example, the Man Hug. This is pretty funny, but it is also a pretty accurate description of the norms that seem to govern man [...]
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