Ladies & Gentlemen, it is that time again where aidsbonnet requests your help in determining who the most idiotic individuals in LJ philosophy are. The competition is fierce this time, featuring everything from the drug-addled ramblings of 20-somethings to the Nietzschean pretentions of 30-yo heavy metal-listening libertarians ( Read more... )

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The Candidates

dangerzooey - "Pee believes that F=mA."
Exhibit A

erislover - "If math is a priori, then so is gravity."
Exhibit A
Exhibit B

headcube - "We should make cars without windows."
Exhibit A
Exhibit B

hollowman - "Dawkins says gays are genetically inferior."
Exhibit A
Exhibit B

jeffrock - "woo woo woo woo woo"
Exhibit A

nanikore - "Jesus uses backward causation to make me a total ( Read more... )

Folks, I consider myself a philosopher in the Continental tradition, and so I'll defend it against the usual charges of vagueness and pretentiousness, but some people are such fabulous tossers that even I have to draw the line. To wit:

thesleepyvegan: 1, 2

He pretends to know a few things about Hegel, but then he recommend's Walter Kaufmann's (he misspells ( Read more... )

So I've been trying to catch up on all this crap that happened on the fringe communities. A lot of it was pretty fucking funny, and I think the recent meltdowns indicate that LJ-philosophy has the capacity to become quantitatively more entertaining as time goes on. That being said, I found this thread particularly amusing, though not for obvious ( Read more... )

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Objective Rankings of LJ "Philosophers"


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