#740: "Sorry."

[Fenris]

My brother's a Philosophy major! =D

He's gonna get one hell of a laugh out of this comic. XD

Best comic in a long time.

[GIGN]

What a shame that America's society today won't let you get far with philosophy (unless you're one of the good & lucky ones)... that's what's wrong with the world these days; too many people are solely focused on what they need to learn for their sought-after job, and they've all forgotten about enlightenment. It's no wonder that so many people are ignorant.

“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day”. -- Thomas Jefferson

Science without conscience (consciousness) is ruin of the mind.

:brow:

[Art of Hilt]

Professor: "What if I remove a single molecule from the table? Is it still a table.?"

Class: "Yes."

Professor: "What if I keep doing that? One molecule at a time? When does the table stop being a table?"

Class: "Ooooooh."

Brian: "I'm gonna say when it falls over."

Professor: "That's not the point of the--"

Brian: "That's when it stops being a table."

XD
Yar, I giggled at the comic and even more at the above quote.

[JKLantern]

I agree that the table stops being a table when the damn thing falls over.

[I_Like_Swordchucks]

OMG!!! It IS true about philosophy majors! I did a minor in philosophy in my undergrad degree... and there were crazy people in my class who would discuss the inherent immorality of eating fruits and veggies... while chewing on a hamburger.

The very truth of this comic is what makes it good. Kudos.

[Massacre]

Originally Posted by Salookanana

Methinks the cultists need stabbing now.

Oh, that's our solution to everything!

Stabbity death!
Point-blank annihilation!
Throw Black Mage at it!

I want a better idea this time around! You know what I mean...

*Looks around deviously*

We'll offer up Fighter as a sacrifice to make them go away...and then they'll murder each other with their stupidity.

[Kurosen]

Originally Posted by GIGN

What a shame that America's society today won't let you get far with philosophy (unless you're one of the good & lucky ones)... that's what's wrong with the world these days; too many people are solely focused on what they need to learn for their sought-after job, and they've all forgotten about enlightenment. It's no wonder that so many people are ignorant.

“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day”. -- Thomas Jefferson

Science without conscience (consciousness) is ruin of the mind.

:brow:

I agree in general, but there is a point where philosophy stops being important and starts being so far removed from day-to-day experiences and concerns as to make itself useless.

There are important questions and important paths to those answers, but the major factor in widespread ignorance in American society is not the lack of Philo majors. It's the lack of substantive public education for the first 18 years of life.

[GIGN]

Originally Posted by Kurosen

I agree in general, but there is a point where philosophy stops being important and starts being so far removed from day-to-day experiences and concerns as to make itself useless.

There are important questions and important paths to those answers, but the major factor in widespread ignorance in American society is not the lack of Philo majors. It's the lack of substantive public education for the first 18 years of life.

Yeah, I agree, as philosophy is only useful up to a certain point for most people... doing a major in it probably isn't 'necessary' unless you're looking at doing something in rapport with it as a career.

However, I think that everything up to that 'certain point' is very meaningful. Do highschools in America have classes in philosophy as part of mainstream education? In France, that's how it works for the last year of 'high school' (although the last two years of high school in France resemble a college system, insofar as there are multiple paths to choose from: literature, science, economics, et cetera). I personally had 8 hours of it a week.

:stressed:

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Bah! Today's comic was tame compared to anything & EVERYTHING that was taught in that Metaphysics course I took. Metaphysics = pain. Never forget that.

SWB

[Tiako]

Anyone else laugh more at the newspost than the comic? Great comic, but better post.