I have no real interest in philosophy. I’m lying. I actually find the ideas of philosophers interesting. But I have no capability to be a master of philosophy. Not because I’m not smart enough to come up with theories of the world, I’ve already done that. Someone else may have reached the same conclusion first but I didn’t ask for their help. No, I can’t become a decent philosopher because I can’t keep still and/or patient enough. If the ancient Greeks really just sat around a circle and pondered all day as the sculptures, and drawings claim, then if I were one of them I’d be pacing around trying to think of something, anything else than the people around me. If that’s really how they did it, I wouldn’t last an hour. If I were there my thoughts would be:
· So, here we all are in a circle. Like a bunch of idiots. Does the city need defending? Are they going to even care if they lose their homes? I think this is their home. Who’s defending it? They just sit here.
· Are they going to eat anything? I thought I was the only one who skips multiple meals.
· So this guy in a tunic just started explaining his huge new idea to the rest of us. I think he said it was “I think therefore I am.” So, do I understand it? I think not. What I got out of it was if I think I’m invincible, I’m not actually invincible.
· So there’s this other guy trying to teach me math…yeah, moving on.
· What? We never really touch anything? That cant…ok I can see that.
· Hold on there Socrates, I know something in my time here on this rock. How does that mean that I know nothing? I know means I know nothing? How the…
· I KNOW NOTHING!!! Except for how to speak, and conjure independent thoughts, and these weird finger tricks…because I play trumpet…
· I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS!!!
· Why did I invent a time machine to learn from these guys in the first place? Isn’t there a class about all this stuff back at home?
So I’m not cut out to be a philosopher. I care way too much about sarcasm and humor that I would never get anything done. (For the record, I know what I think therefore I am actually means.) And my over-activeness would make it really hard to keep still long enough to work. So here’s my first, best, and only philosophical statement I’ll ever make: philosophy! More than just a good idea, it’s the law. Now that that’s out of the way, who has some snacks?
The Nerd Ranter, Q-Ball
Nerd Rant
· So, here we all are in a circle. Like a bunch of idiots. Does the city need defending? Are they going to even care if they lose their homes? I think this is their home. Who’s defending it? They just sit here.
· Are they going to eat anything? I thought I was the only one who skips multiple meals.
· So this guy in a tunic just started explaining his huge new idea to the rest of us. I think he said it was “I think therefore I am.” So, do I understand it? I think not. What I got out of it was if I think I’m invincible, I’m not actually invincible.
· So there’s this other guy trying to teach me math…yeah, moving on.
· What? We never really touch anything? That cant…ok I can see that.
· Hold on there Socrates, I know something in my time here on this rock. How does that mean that I know nothing? I know means I know nothing? How the…
· I KNOW NOTHING!!! Except for how to speak, and conjure independent thoughts, and these weird finger tricks…because I play trumpet…
· I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS!!!
· Why did I invent a time machine to learn from these guys in the first place? Isn’t there a class about all this stuff back at home?
So I’m not cut out to be a philosopher. I care way too much about sarcasm and humor that I would never get anything done. (For the record, I know what I think therefore I am actually means.) And my over-activeness would make it really hard to keep still long enough to work. So here’s my first, best, and only philosophical statement I’ll ever make: philosophy! More than just a good idea, it’s the law. Now that that’s out of the way, who has some snacks?
The Nerd Ranter, Q-Ball
Nerd Rant