scream-of-consciousness; "If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
"Professor Pennygretch, let me ask you this....Is it possible to clone a social security number?"
Heh.The second the philosophy idjit says "the same, atom for atom", he's screwed up.Those are two different atoms, even if they are of the same element. Quantum mechanics alone would scotch any attempt to induce sameness.Although you could get some really neat voodoo doll effects at infinite distances by entangling all of the atoms of these two individuals.
Made me laugh, JMcD!clap,clap
I had a very similar conversation with my idiot philosophy major roommate in college about the color blue.His question - "How do we know what we call "blue" is really "blue."My answer - "That is how those particular wavelengths of light appear to you." Moron.And yes, I am an Engineering major.
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"Professor Pennygretch, let me ask you this....Is it possible to clone a social security number?"
ReplyDeleteHeh.
ReplyDeleteThe second the philosophy idjit says "the same, atom for atom", he's screwed up.
Those are two different atoms, even if they are of the same element. Quantum mechanics alone would scotch any attempt to induce sameness.
Although you could get some really neat voodoo doll effects at infinite distances by entangling all of the atoms of these two individuals.
Made me laugh, JMcD!
ReplyDeleteclap,clap
I had a very similar conversation with my idiot philosophy major roommate in college about the color blue.
ReplyDeleteHis question - "How do we know what we call "blue" is really "blue."
My answer - "That is how those particular wavelengths of light appear to you." Moron.
And yes, I am an Engineering major.