February 8, 2007
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I was thinking about doing like Isaac (isaacrw) and just posting a smiley face as an update, but I figured y’all would respond with even fewer comments than you do normally.
(I did subtly throw in a smiley face with my update, though)
Not a whole lot of philosophising going around my brain these days. It’s been said, “Classes will dull your mind; destroy the potential for authentic creativity.” I’m not sure who said it, but I saw it on ronlawhouston’s site, and was very happy to be agreed with. Maybe he himself said it…I’m not sure. What’s really important is that it’s true. Last summer, I got into debates over highly specific (but by no means trivial) issues that, when I transcribed only the major points, came out to several pages in length. Now, I go weeks without having ideas for a single post. The difference? I’m in class more now! Classes do indeed dull the mind, at least in highschool. I visited some college classes a few weeks ago and found them packed with inspiration, though, so I’m just gonna have to wait for college this fall, I guess…
You know why you’re bored right now (if you’re not bored, you should be)? It’s ’cause I have no inspiration. Here’s the kinds of debates I have now:
Caleb: So I was thinking about nothing the other day, and it was really pretty interesting. I figured out what color it is, and what it tastes like, etc.
Katie: Wouldn’t it taste like nothing?
Caleb: You’d think so, but actually no. It tastes really, really good.
Katie: Um…why?
Caleb: Well, nothing is the opposite of something, right? So if something tastes bad, you know definitively that nothing tastes really good.
Katie: What if I tihnk something tastes good?
Caleb: Then your entirely deductively logical conclusions contradict my entirely deductively logical conclusions, and so you’d obviously have made an error somewhere along the way. You probably just thought it tasted good, when in fact it didn’t.
Katie: What am I holding in my hand? [holds up empty hand]
Caleb: A mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, helium, carbon di–
Katie: Quit being so literal. I’m not holding anything in my hand. See, watch…[turns to other kid] What am I holding in my hand?
Other kid [looking confused and frightened]: Uhhhh…air?
Katie: Say “nothing.”
Other kid: Nothing?
Katie: See? I’m holding nothing in my hand.
Caleb: I disagree, but what’s your point?
[bell rings]Yeah, so that’s why I haven’t updated in a while. It’s why I probably won’t update again for a while, at least not with anything good.
Comments (13)
ahahahahaha… I loved that little discourse.You two are hilarious.
Nothing wrong with debates like that. I find them quite refreshing…
Would “nothing” be the opposite of “something” or “everything”? If it was the opposite of “everything” then the arguement would hold up. Can “nothing” be the opposite of two different things? If “nothing” is the opposite of “everything” and can only be the opposite of one thing, then what is the opposite meaning of “something”?
what color is nothing? If it’s the opposite color of something, you have to decide what color something is to figure the color of nothing, and something could be anything; brown, blue, black or white. . .
I’d say that your making a spatial error. Nothing is what rocks dream about.
I’ve been misquoted! :-O
*sighs…
that’s ok, in print, it’s liable.
Actually, that’s pretty close..cept…first I asked Corey, which was probably a mistake, him being a literal genius like you, but then I pointed out that the average Joe would say “nothing” and asked Joe, who proceeded to say nothing.
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I recently found out that nothing doesn’t exist.
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hahhaha
just say nothing, okay??
that’s great.
It’s just an article that caught my sight, and has left me nearly speechless. What do nonCatholics who purchase the bras and stuff do with the Rosaries, yaknowwaddaimean?