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I'm switching majors to Philosophy.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 23, 2013 12:34 pm

Orphia Nay wrote:"The Tab's survey of more than 5,000 students at 21 British universities reveals that 87% of philosophers polled had taken drugs, compared with 57% of medical students. [...]

"The Tab's editors, sensibly, say the survey should be taken with a pinch of salt since respondents are self-selecting. But if so, why would philosophy students be more likely to self-select than others?"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/short ... most-drugs

Link to the survey results:
http://cambridge.tab.co.uk/2013/05/20/r ... ost-drugs/

Do these statistics sound about right?

I wonder what Monty Python would have done with this result. ;) :pythonfoot:
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Re: I'm switching majors to Philosophy.

Post by charlou » Thu May 23, 2013 6:41 pm

Orphia Nay ... Can you post a link to that post, please zilla?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 23, 2013 7:18 pm

RiverF wrote:Orphia Nay ... Can you post a link to that post, please zilla?
It was at skeptic.com, River.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 23, 2013 7:20 pm

Oops, JREF, in the appropriate sub.
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Post by Svartalf » Thu May 23, 2013 7:25 pm

Just for the drugs?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 23, 2013 8:20 pm

Svartalf wrote:Just for the drugs?
You can't do fauxlosophy without being high, now can you?
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Post by Svartalf » Thu May 23, 2013 8:52 pm

Dunno, I just try thinking.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 23, 2013 8:53 pm

Svartalf wrote:Dunno, I just try thinking.
That's not fauxlosophy, that's reasoned thought.
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Post by En_Route » Thu May 23, 2013 9:37 pm

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Svartalf wrote:Just for the drugs?
You can't do fauxlosophy without being high, now can you?
And as for epissedemology....
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Post by Sean Hayden » Thu May 23, 2013 9:40 pm

:hehe:
I was given a year of free milkshakes once. The year passed and I hadn’t bothered to get even one.
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Re: I'm switching majors to Philosophy.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 23, 2013 9:49 pm

En_Route wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Svartalf wrote:Just for the drugs?
You can't do fauxlosophy without being high, now can you?
And as for 'epissed'emoffology....
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Re: I'm switching majors to Philosophy.

Post by JimC » Fri May 24, 2013 12:06 am

Me old mate, Phil the Sophisticate...

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Re: I'm switching majors to Philosophy.

Post by laklak » Fri May 24, 2013 3:17 am

Socrates was such a lush he drank fucking hemlock when he ran out of aftershave.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Post by MrJonno » Fri May 24, 2013 1:53 pm

Just means philosophy students are more honest and honesty doesn't get you laid
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Re: I'm switching majors to Philosophy.

Post by pErvinalia » Fri May 24, 2013 2:30 pm

Did you hear about the philosophising music pirate? His name was Euripides.



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