"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to seem not worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."

- Bertrand Russell

I hate you, Psychology exam. How anyone manages to find excitement and motivation in the endless, meticulous repetition characteristic of science is far beyond me.

Being given the job of producing a short radio ad which will convincingly prompt middle-aged men to voluntarily undergo prostate exams would be a very interesting week in the life of an adman. That was a surprisingly convincing (and hilarious!) masterpiece of snakeoilsmanship spat out by some anonymous cog paid to spend a period of his working ( Read more... )

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"I have just returned from a party of which I was the life and soul; wit poured from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me - but I went away - and the dash should be at long as the earth's orbit ----------- and wanted to shoot myself ( Read more... )

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