Hi-tech scan of Descartes' skull reveals secret

Fox News ^ | October 10, 2014

[Sparklite]

Charlier, for his part, has made a name for himself as a forensic scientist who has debunked several myths. Among them: that bone fragments in the Vatican's possession were those of Joan of Arc.

He determined they were actually from a cat and Egyptian mummy.

[Sparklite]

Heh.

[dware]

Hello!

[Red Badger]

I think, therefore I drink...............

[chud]

So the secret is that he had a tumor in his nose (just saving y’all some time), but it probably wasn’t what killed him.

[Publius]

Cogito ergo bibo.

[Oliviaforever]

They are putting Descartes before the horse.

[Zuse]

Descarte walks into a bar, orders a beer and drinks it down.
Bartender says, “Well professor, would you like another?”
Descarte says “I think not” and poof! He vanishes!

[DoughtyOne]

I think, therefore I drink.

Exactly!  Good one.  I hear this every once in a while, and it's kind of a "spice of life' comment to me.  Makes me smile...


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[ansel12]

Interesting what you chose to excerpt from what is a story about Descartes’ skull.

You skipped right past the story and went straight to the end, which described the forensic expert’s qualifications.

[Resettozero]

I think, therefore I wish you would not keep messing with my skull.

[dmz]

I’ve always contended that Descartes got it backwards.

In his formulation, thought precedes being. That is incorrect. Being precedes thought.

[reagandemocrat]

Hah!

[Pietro]

"Being precedes thought"

I disagree, I believe consciousness (thought) preceeds being.

[Slambat]

“I think not” and poof! He vanishes!”

That was pretty good.

[bert]

Cogito, ergo FReepum

[Slambat]

“You skipped right past the story and went straight to the end, which described the forensic expert’s qualifications.”

“Vatican’s possession were those of Joan of Arc.
He determined they were actually from a cat and Egyptian mummy.”

Oooo good catch, burn on the church. Never would have
noticed if you hadn’t pointed it out.

[discostu]

It’s not about which comes first, it’s about provability. He was really taking The Cave as far down the slippery slope as possible, if you assume every single sense input could be a lie a lie, what’s the one truly core undeniable provable thing about you? Well the fact that you’re even contemplating this means you think. And if you’re thinking then clearly there is something out there that is you. You think, therefore you are.

[Slambat]

“That is incorrect. Being precedes thought.”

Is sexual arousal considered thought? That’s what it takes
to create a being as in human but none of that matters
because you are all part of my self conscious and only
exist in my head. Nothing is real except me.

[KosmicKitty]

I drink, therefore, I am...

[mikrofon]

Hi-tech scan of Descartes' skull reveals secret

His skull was nearly cubical, with well-defined perpendicular edges ...