Intellectual Discourses Participant Pillows

"Tell me, Chuck, is barbarism the natural state of mankind, and will it ultimately triumph?"

The Government's Got Your Back. And Wants Your Front As Well.

"I have good news and bad news about your cat, Dr Schrodinger..."

"So, what are you reading?"

"Now that was post-modern sex."

'What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical.'

Science Snobs

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"The problem is you say Nietzsche and expect everything to be just peachy."

'As soon as I mention Nietzsche - stop serving me, okay.'

Vladimir Nabokov

'Even if you do, never admit that you know everything.'

"Let's just drop it, Andrew, and leave it to future historians to decide which of us was right."

The Last Republican in America

Hi, I work at the admissions office of the local university. If you could change the world in three days, what would you do?

Woke Jersey Shore

"Certainly. A party of four at seven-thirty in the name of Dr. Jennings. May I ask whether that is an actual medical degree or a Ph.D.?"

'I inherited therefore I am'

'Our next guest is an economist who is the author of the first economic theory that proves that money makes the world go round.'

"I worry that the king's constant lying and his attacks on our societal norms and institutions is coarsening the civic discourse deemed essential by enlightened people everywhere!"

'The beauty of this is that it is only of theoretical importance, and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever.'

Why don't we invite Hypothesis? It's always a good idea to have an educated guest… Party List. Mesomides. Loxias. Anaximenes. Thales.

Opening arguments would begin after the intimidation round.

'You're a nihilist, eh? — well, at least you have something to believe in.'

'I don't think therefore I'm not.'

Professional Couples

THE UNCANNY PREDICTIONS OF THE GREAT NOWSTRADAMUS, 'A prominent academic will suggest that females may be intrinsically emotionally different from males... and the feminists will become hysterical.

Since you conduct only thought-experiments, we were hoping you would, from time to time, come up with some thought-results.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

Erasmus

"May I remind the faculty that, in the event of a nuclear strike, atom bombs take a gender-neutral pronoun."

'Very clever, Gödel — your theory has a built-in disclaimer!'

"It's an enduring mystery. How did this extinct species combine such huge brains with such jaw dropping stupidity?"

Brains aren't everything - to some people they're nothing.

Truth or dare at the philosophy dept.'s lounge