The Little Things

Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning I disapprove of.

Philosophy: the art of arguing that your point is better than his point buy using different interpretations of his sources. Philosophy is perhaps the oldest object in the category of "Things that aren't engineering, but for some reason the world still sees a use for". Philosophy deals with all manners of topics, such as morality (the beliefs that other people have and try to force on you), ethics (the set of rules that helped them come up with those beliefs), and evil (the act of being a normal person, and ignoring there beliefs).

Over the years, several philosophical riddles have arisen through such searching as this, and have stood as a bastion of stupidity to those who think with a logical and scientific train of thought, but have baffled all of those damn "outside the box" people. How many of people out there have heard the old one about the tree falling in the woods? Of course it makes a sound!! The tree exists in an atmosphere that contains gas (partly of its own creating). Sound is the vibration of those gas molecules. If you put 2 and 2 together, you get…sound. It doesn't matter if there is someone there or not!! If you did not see this, then maybe you belong at Clark. The list of questions like this is profoundly long. The chicken and the egg (of course the egg), the one hand clapping (any drunk person could show you that)…what do these have to do with anything in real life? Fortunately, there is a new breed of philosopher that has turned the devices of "outside the box" thinking to good, instead of evil.

This new core of philosopher consists of every student at W.P.I., and you are called upon to help your fellow student solve the most profound of unsolvable questions of our campus. These questions can be divided into two categories.

The first are questions of the world in which we interact. They involve such questions as "If there is not Daka-King, from whence do the 99 cent Whoppers come?" "If a Campus Center goes up on the campus, and there is no 24 hours space, do the wedge rats make a noise?" and "What is that smell?" The other class or questions are deeper questions, questions of the soul. Questions like "Does the professor not speak any discernable language, or do you just lack the ability to read his mind?", "Which came first, the professor's e-mail saying that he made an error in one of the equations and what it should be, or the test the requires proper use of that equation to pass the course?" and "The Midterm Is WHEN?!?"

I hope that these thoughts have led you all to realize that there is more to philosophy than "making sense" and "having a point." May all your future days be enlightened.

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