Musing

Today's interesting piece of conversation: Person #1: [spoken with whining sincerity] "I've got a D- ?? He's so biased in this class!!" Person #2: [spoken with sarcasm] "Towards the smart people?" Person #1: [whining sincerity again] "YES! It's not fair!" Person #2: *blink* Stupid people give me headaches.

Philosophy gets a kick in the ass For those of you who knew that I was planning on working towards a minor in Philosophy, I should probably tell you that that is no longer the plan. It's not that the class load I'm taking is overwhelming (although it does have the tendency to suck giant exploding monkey balls), it's more that the term 'philosophy' isn't quite defined at the scholarly level in quite the manner that I like to think of it. There's more talk of logic, predication, and other matters that I find completely irrelevant to philosophical, moral, or ethical discussions that I find so interesting. So the question arises: "Is there anything else I could minor in?" Physics was a thought, but we don't offer any certification here in that, and the next class up from the one I'm taking is an independent study. A minor in computer studies is a possibility; I may never reach the prowess of Chancellor Heaton, but being the close sec...