Sunday, January 1, 2012

Zeno's paradox

I'm running towards you. But I always must traverse half the the distance. There are an infinite numbers of these halfway points. That means that I will never reach you because --

[Chain of reasoning interrupted by collision]

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Dear colleague

I think you have underestimated the importance of recent neurological research for the so-called mind-body problem. In fact, everything we call the personality or the soul cannot exist without the the brain.

Guy's reply: I think I've found the weak spot in your argument.

A dialogue about the mind-body problem

Does the soul reside in the body, or is an incorporeal entity that exists in a different dimension to which we lack access. Or should I just bite you when you run by?

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Applejack

Guy has just discovered the apple trees at one corner of his territory. He collects the apples one at a time, takes them to his observation post, and nibbles daintily at them. Picture taken just moments after a Wagnerian cider belch.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Base canards

You call them ducks, or migratory birds, or just plain birds. Guy calls them terrorists.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Standing on the surface

Why am I not sinking iinto the depths? Am I walking on water?
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Eating people is wrong

Baby toes are so scrumptious that sometimes you have just to set aside the rules and take a nibble.
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