I Think, Therefore I Am?

[Era Might]

So is it PHAT-mass or phat-MASS.

[Sternhauser]

[quote name='Era Might' date='02 December 2009 - 02:24 AM' timestamp='1259735063' post='2013079']
So is it PHAT-mass or phat-MASS.
[/quote]

Definitely the former.

~Sternhauser

[Veridicus]

Haha. Great question. I think I pronounce it PHAT-mass. Not that I would want to de-emphasize the Mass. Just rolls off my Standard Midwest tongue that way

[Sternhauser]

In proper English, the word "phat" always receives more emphasis than any other word in the no more than four-word-long sentence. E.g. "That car be [i]phat!" [/i]

~Sternhauser

Edited December 2, 2009 by Sternhauser

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Sternhauser' date='02 December 2009 - 01:27 AM' timestamp='1259735262' post='2013083']
In proper English, the word "phat" always receives more emphasis than any other word in the no more than four-word-long sentence. E.g. "That car be [i]phat!" [/i]

~Sternhauser
[/quote]
amen. +1

[Sternhauser]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='02 December 2009 - 02:46 AM' timestamp='1259736362' post='2013092']
amen. +1
[/quote]

A 1-Up! I'm going to save them up and exchange them all for one wholly unacceptable, well-placed and brutal ad-hominem attack.

~Sternhauser

Edited December 2, 2009 by Sternhauser

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Sternhauser' date='02 December 2009 - 01:50 AM' timestamp='1259736607' post='2013093']
A 1-Up! I'm going to save them up and exchange them all for one well-placed, brutal ad-hominem attack.

~Sternhauser
[/quote]
+1

[homeschoolmom]

French philosopher, Rene Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "Can I get you a beer?" Descartes, a teetotaler, quickly interjects, "I think NOT!" and promptly disappears.

[Theoketos]

I think therefore I am afraid of Chuck Norris

[philothea]

Wow... all this froth and babble makes it awkward to add something substantive to a topic. And everything seems to degrade into jokes pretty fast.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='philothea' date='02 December 2009 - 06:05 PM' timestamp='1259795107' post='2013377']
Wow... all this froth and babble makes it awkward to add something substantive to a topic. And everything seems to degrade into jokes pretty fast.



[/quote]
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

[sacredheartandbloodofjesus]

I think, therfore I think.

[philothea]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='02 December 2009 - 06:06 PM' timestamp='1259795165' post='2013378']
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
[/quote]
Dangit!

When else am I going to get a chance to brag about all the Descartes I've read!?!



Fine, fine. You're right. I give in.

[img]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/funny-pictures-kitten-is-more-comfortable-on-this-side-of-the-egg-carton.jpg[/img]

[Era Might]

[quote name='philothea' date='02 December 2009 - 06:05 PM' timestamp='1259795107' post='2013377']
Wow... all this froth and babble makes it awkward to add something substantive to a topic. And everything seems to degrade into jokes pretty fast.



[/quote]
Aw. Post something substantive!

[Nihil Obstat]

I like name-dropping with big words (as above) but unfortunately less people respond when I do that.

I'm so weak.

Edited December 3, 2009 by Nihil Obstat

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='02 December 2009 - 04:06 PM' timestamp='1259795165' post='2013378']
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
[/quote]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHObTUc60cU[/media]

[Socrates]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='02 December 2009 - 07:33 AM' timestamp='1259757233' post='2013140']
French philosopher, Rene Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "Can I get you a beer?" Descartes, a teetotaler, quickly interjects, "I think NOT!" and promptly disappears.
[/quote]
Let's not put Descartes before the the horse.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='02 December 2009 - 07:12 PM' timestamp='1259799146' post='2013414']
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHObTUc60cU[/media]
[/quote]

fuTILE

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='philothea' date='02 December 2009 - 06:59 PM' timestamp='1259798365' post='2013400']
Dangit!

When else am I going to get a chance to brag about all the Descartes I've read!?!
[/quote]
I beg you to brag away! Do you have a favorite aspect of Descartes writings? Out of the popular Cartesian hot topics I would probably say that the mind-body dispute is my least favorite. I suppose I like his method of skepticism and deduction, just the whole rationalist turn in general. As a software engineer with some game development experience I must say that I appreciate Descartes' contributions to analytic geometry. lulz.

[Nihil Obstat]

Did Descartes ever address the subject of personal identity? Frustrating subject.