Excuse the crude language...

Jan 05, 2008 19:39

I've been reading a piece of philosophical literature that is giving me a headache by using circular logic and then claiming it as enlightenment. It's like listening to some guy arguing whether or not he should sit on the south side or north side of a tree, only to have him decide that the tree is only a figment of his imagination, created based ( Read more... )

philosophy, mathematicians, engineers

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korgmeister January 6 2008, 02:19:49 UTC
And how!

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:D lysgeek January 6 2008, 11:50:47 UTC
I lol'd!

I will say that PIM© has advanced society - it keeps the intellectuals from messing stuff up until the engineers figure out a way to make their new ideas work.

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Re: :D mamaslyth January 6 2008, 13:12:17 UTC
Like giving bubble gum to a child to keep them out of the cookies? ;)

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anonymous January 6 2008, 17:56:24 UTC
I must be an engineer at heart, because the first thing I thought after hearing the problem was, "what's the acceptable margin of error?"

--Phelps

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mamaslyth January 6 2008, 17:59:19 UTC
You are definitely more engineer than mathematician.

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cryforthemoon January 7 2008, 00:39:08 UTC
*cracks up*

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