Arrogant Philosophy Joke

21stJun. × ’12

Gottlob Frege

How are philosophers and physicists alike?

They each think they’re working with the source code of the universe while everyone else is just clicking on pretty icons.

How are philosophers and physicists different?

The philosophers are right.

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3 Comments

  1. Posted June 21, 2012 at 2:54 am | Permalink

    Safari MacIntosh

    As a philosophy major, I find this funny.

  2. William
    Posted June 24, 2012 at 2:34 pm | Permalink

    Chromium 18.0.1025.151 Ubuntu 10.04

    Works even better for arrogant physicists, cuz we’re actually right.

    ;)

    • Posted June 24, 2012 at 4:42 pm | Permalink

      Firefox 13.0 Windows 7

      Ah, but the question “who is right: philosophers or physicists?” is a philosophical question. We registered it at the Central Registry in 450 BCE, and only we are allowed to answer it. Get to the registry sooner next time! The early bird gets the spacetime worm.