Category: Philosophy

Why is the number 420 bad? Some say “420” is code among police officers for “marijuana smoking in progress.” Some note 4/20 is also Adolf Hitler’s birthday. They would say “420” to each other as code for marijuana. Can you tell if someone is a stoner? Physical signs of marijuana use include red eyes, poor […]

Did Grisha really love Carla? From last chapter, we saw that Carla was one of the people Grisha came home to when he gave up on his mission, so he definitely loved her by that point. There’s also his reaction to Carla’s death. To me, that’s always been the biggest piece of evidence that he […]

How old is Carole Bayer Sager? 74 years (March 8, 1947) What song did Burt Bacharach sing? Songs that he co-wrote which have topped the Billboard Hot 100 include “This Guy’s in Love with You” (1968), “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” (1969), “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1970), “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You […]

Was the Ford Pinto really that bad? While reliability was decent, the 20 MPG fuel consumption was good for the time. The Ford Pinto is far from the single worst car ever made, but the thoroughly mediocre quality, an abundance of cost cutting, and a fatal flaw that was willingly ignored make it hard to […]

What bug represents death? In Native American mythology of the Califor- nia Yuroks, the locust “wished death into the world.” The locust is also responsible for death in the mythology of the Wiyot of California (Leach 1984). The praying mantis is known in South Africa as the god of the Hottentots and has been blamed […]

What is wrong with the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? There is an intuitive problem in Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. For example, many languages mark the difference between how you have your eye versus how you have a chair. This alienable versus inalienable possessive marking is very common. Why is linguistic determinism false? Although research has shown that one’s native […]

Is a 17 year old a child? The answer to this question in international and domestic law is clear: a child is anyone under the age of 18. But it took a legal challenge and a national campaign to ensure that 17-year-olds were given the same rights as other children in the police station. What […]

At what age should you start using vitamin C serum? 25 Is 0.5 retinol good for beginners? What percentage of retinol is best? ‘However, a skin with no retinol experience should always start low (with 0.3%) and increase the level (to 0.5% and then 1%) with each bottle. If the skin is quite sensitive just […]