René Descartes went to a bar. After having a few drinks the barkeeper asked "Would you like another drink?" Descartes answered "No, I think not" ... and vanished.
An empiricist, a rationalist and a phenomenologist are walking through the wilderness when they see a black sheep. "Oh," says the empiricist, "looks like the seheep around here are black".
"Careful, careful," replies the rationalist. "All we can say is that at least one of them is black".
Says the phenomenologist "Well, at any rate the side we're looking at".
Wittgenstein and Popper once spend their holidays in the Caribbean. Walking at the beach they met an elderly lady who promised to foretell the future from a look at her pearl-oracle. Addressing Wittgenstein she said 'You see these pearls in my hand? Please pick two'. Popper smiled for a moment than he said, 'If Wittgenstein picks two pearls it's like pearls to pigs."
Funny, non insulting philosophical humor
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Re: Funny, non insulting philosophical humor
Vader wrote:An empiricist, a rationalist and a phenomenologist are walking through the wilderness when they see a black sheep. "Oh," says the empiricist, "looks like the seheep around here are black".
"Careful, careful," replies the rationalist. "All we can say is that at least one of them is black".
Says the phenomenologist "Well, at any rate the side we're looking at".
The Descartes joke is one of Magickmaker's favorites. (Which is to say that I've heard it approximately a billion times...
But it's still funny!)
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old one: Q: what did the Monk say to the hot dog vendor?
A: make me one with everything.
Q: How many existentialists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Darkness is the nature of existence.
(I've heard 5 or 6 different punchlines for this)
And for those who think Buddhists can't be hysterical, this is a traditional zen koan, with the response by a famous (and enlightened) monk.
Q: You see a master approaching you on the road, you cannot
acknowledge him, yet you cannot pass him by.
What do you do?
A: Whack him one.
A: make me one with everything.
Q: How many existentialists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Darkness is the nature of existence.
(I've heard 5 or 6 different punchlines for this)
And for those who think Buddhists can't be hysterical, this is a traditional zen koan, with the response by a famous (and enlightened) monk.
Q: You see a master approaching you on the road, you cannot
acknowledge him, yet you cannot pass him by.
What do you do?
A: Whack him one.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
I read a book a while ago called If You Meet The Bhudda On The Road...Kill Him.
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That is like SOOO elitist of you guys 
I only recognized Socrates and Marx!
On the other hand - I guess a funny, non-insulting philosophical joke can't really be inclusive
But let my try: "I've heard that Jenna Jameson has turned to philosophy, her motto being "COITUS ERGO SUM"
I only recognized Socrates and Marx!On the other hand - I guess a funny, non-insulting philosophical joke can't really be inclusive
But let my try: "I've heard that Jenna Jameson has turned to philosophy, her motto being "COITUS ERGO SUM"
"I would have gone to the thesaurus for a more erudite word."
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