Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Little Orphan Annie, where are you going with those?

I thought I'd seen everything that Sanrio could brand, but I am amused and aghast at what I just discovered. Hello Kitty gas cans and chainsaws. For the little sociopath who wants to look adorable while wrecking havoc on an uncaring society.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Philosophers and Zombies

Don't ask how I got here but check out this amusing survey of what Philosophers believe. Check out the final question:

Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?

Lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible 191 / 931 (20.5%)
Accept: conceivable but not metaphysically possible 140 / 931 (15%)
Accept: metaphysically possible 115 / 931 (12.3%)
Lean toward: metaphysically possible 102 / 931 (10.9%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue 84 / 931 (9%)
Lean toward: inconceivable 82 / 931 (8.8%)
Accept: inconceivable 67 / 931 (7.1%)
Agnostic/undecided 61 / 931 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer 40 / 931 (4.2%)
There is no fact of the matter 12 / 931 (1.2%)
Skip 10 / 931 (1%)
Reject all 10 / 931 (1%)
Other 9 / 931 (0.9%)
Accept another alternative 5 / 931 (0.5%)
Reject one, undecided between others 3 / 931 (0.3%)