Why? The beginnings of philosophy

Phil Plait linked to this guy, Louis CK, on why it's alright for the world to go back into the dark ages, but I rather like this one, in which it becomes clear that philosophers are, after all, just persistent two year olds:

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@ 9:22

Straight from Plato's dialogue "The Parmenides" and Parmenides' fragments at 9:25.

Awesome.

I saw Louis CK for the first time on Cable TV last year and was just smitten with his comic style (so happy to chance upon a 'new' comic that had me completely in stitches non-stop). I meant to watch all the youtube vids of his routines, but forgot. Thank you for jogging my memory with this hilarious vid.

I TOTALLY stole the "ladies and gentlemen" joke during a staff meeting once when the question was what you would name yourself. It KILLED. And I took all the credit...