Reasoning Gifts

"The problem with your reasoned solutions is they don't fit my preconceived notions of the problems."

'This isn't a BREAKTHROUGH, Colbert! This is a CIRCULAR REASONING! All you've done here is re-state our original objective.'

Welcome National Society of Skeptics. I don't believe we've met. I don't believe you don't believe we've met.

"Our real first line of defense, wouldn't you agree, is out capacity to reason."

When alchemy faded, chemistry began. When herbalism faded, medical science began. When astrology faded, space exploration began. I can't wait to see what happens after religion fades.

"The problem is: reasonable men may differ on what the hell reason is!"

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

Thinking Gears

The Map of the human brain

College. Did you pick a major yet? I'm doing a double major in art and logic --- I want to draw my own conclusions!

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

A Major Refresher Course is in Order.

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

'If no man is an island, then what the hell is no woman?'

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

Pastorius wonders why.

'Seriously, in this day and age, how can people still believe in this nonsense that we have evolved from microbes...?'

Calculation Board - You Are Here

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

Philosophy Department: You are here but why are you here?

Think Tank

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

Six Thinking Hats

"How do I know this isn't a performance art piece?"

"This just in: one of us always tells lies; the other always tells the truth. Who's who? Stay tuned."

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

Rodin's Thinker.

Beyond the known and the unknown.

"But what if this is all there is?"

' A new idea '

"I think you refuse to admit your god condones slavery, because doing so would be an admission you are more moral than he is. And that conflicts with your Borg programming."

Reasonableman

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?"

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.