tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post108683086992892355..comments2024-03-11T04:11:06.487-04:00Comments on The Smithy: ErrantryLee Faberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-9757145285132564962011-11-19T00:30:44.231-05:002011-11-19T00:30:44.231-05:00greetings,
on another, but related, note, how wou...greetings,<br /><br />on another, but related, note, how would Scotists respond to Humeans, Kantians, and etc? <br /><br />thanks in advanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-85766220998303601002011-11-15T15:02:01.063-05:002011-11-15T15:02:01.063-05:00Plus, Michael, what you describe sounds suspicious...Plus, Michael, what you describe sounds suspiciously like a vice. Or perhaps its along the lines of why God invented alcohol...Lee Faberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-38520438263245617122011-11-15T15:01:25.324-05:002011-11-15T15:01:25.324-05:00Futurama!Futurama!Lee Faberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-13059158305901799652011-11-15T13:14:30.355-05:002011-11-15T13:14:30.355-05:00Nickelodeon used to show a cartoon called "Ro...<i>Nickelodeon used to show a cartoon called "Rocko's Modern Life", and in one episode Rocko discovers that his friend, who he had always considered a dim bulb, is actually a prodigy. He visits his friend's house to find him reading the Critique of Pure Reason, decides that he can't be bested by his friend, and goes home to read it himself, resulting in an amusing montage of mental anguish and existential horror (this is how I remember the episode; it's been more than fifteen years).</i><br /><br />As a longstanding animation fan, I'm glad - and amused - to see someone steeped in scholastic philosophy cite Rocko's Modern Life at all. Much less as an inspiration like that, however indirect.<br /><br />I had a similar experience: I ended up reading quite a lot about quantum physics due almost entirely to a Futurama episode about a futuristic horse race. The announcer mentioned it came down to a quantum finish, and when the winner was revealed Farnsworth angrily said, 'No fair! You changed the result by measuring it!' I decided I wanted to know what in the world that could mean.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.com