8th March 2007, 11:55 AM
When we talk about ninjas, we are talking about the sweetest being ever- that is, we are talking about the being that which nothing sweeter can be conceived. So, when we conceive of the ninja in our mind, we conceive of the being that which nothing sweeter can be conceived. But consider this: Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in the mind and in reality-outside the mind? Certainly, it is much sweeter to exist also in reality-flipping out and wailing on guitars is much sweeter when someone is actually doing it. So when we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceiving of the being that exists both in the mind and in reality. Since the ninja is that being that which nothing sweeter can be conceived and that being exists in the mind and in reality, the ninja exists in reality. Thus the ninja exists.
QED. Philosophers are idiots.
Rephrase: Since the ninja is that being that which nothing sweeter can be conceived and that being IS CONCEIVED OF as existing in the mind and in reality, the ninja exists in reality. Oh wait, that's a nonsequiter...
QED. Philosophers are idiots.
Rephrase: Since the ninja is that being that which nothing sweeter can be conceived and that being IS CONCEIVED OF as existing in the mind and in reality, the ninja exists in reality. Oh wait, that's a nonsequiter...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)