Old_Zircon  - 2015-11-30
Neil lost me a little with that whole "philosophy contributes nothing to humanity and should be abandoned" thing a year or two ago.
This helped a bit.
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poorwill - 2015-11-30 https://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/neil-degrasse-tyson -and-the-value-of-philosophy/
What a tool.
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infinite zest - 2015-11-30 Funny, since LOGIC is a requirement for every philosophy major, as much as we'd rather smoke cloves and read Sartre and impress girls at bars we all have to take it. I also took a Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics course in college which kind of destroyed my mind, but in a good way, I think.
Science is perhaps a little more useful here on planet earth, but if you're Degrassi then your stargazing is no different than our navelgazing.
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SolRo - 2015-11-30 Philosophers overstatement of the importance of philosophy is about on par with degrassi's dismissal of it
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poorwill - 2015-11-30 science is a branch of philosophy
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15th - 2015-11-30
"Normal body movements that would characterize having sex." Neeeeerd.
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infinite zest - 2015-11-30
Ironically there's a Kickstarter for the first porn in space, who's goal is lower than 6 episodes of MST3K.
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Sanest Man Alive - 2015-12-01 "The One Astronomical Unit High Club" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but that is a noble goal all the same.
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Mr. Purple Cat Esq. - 2015-11-30
Stealing apples in space?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/scrumping
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infinite zest - 2015-11-30
To boldly come where no man has come before amirite?
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