The Divorce of Logic and Knowledge

Ever have one of those days where you feel exhausted by thought? I came in contact with several questions today that frustrated me enough that they did not even elicit a response. Here I am, trying to understand the intricacies of sexual paradigms(that is something you can get a pair of for ten cents) and there are people asking questions on “who was the guy who said that thing about Sartrian idealisms?” While I am all for discussing who Sartre thought he was and find it ironic that he being an existentialist, excuse me, THE existentialist it is a fun fantasy to picture him describing himself, I wonder if we should create a new system for allowing questions. I have long been a fan of the “you can say as many words a minute as your IQ score” I am also willing to settle for a “you can ask as many questions as answers you got right on the last test, times 33%.” Yes, yes I appreciate the quantitative weakness of this statement but you get the general idea.
Nearly everyone in class today, myself included, was having a difficult time understanding the definition of a “within subject design” on a factorial level. Some of us were over analyzing it, some hadn’t read the material, and then others simply could not materialize their ideas. When it comes to scientific methods it is manifest that you understand it is a collaboration of empirical observations… with rational assumptions thrown into the mix. Personally, I excellent in empirical observations, I say about myself “I can just watch someone else set themselves on fire to know it burns”. However, when it comes to rationality or cognitive jumps, I sometimes have an issue with verbally stating why I believe something or not. The lecture today was completely rationally based. I knew what he was saying, but I simply couldn’t say it back to him. By the end of class he actually said we may hold off on the test because enough people were flabbergasted by the conceptualization of higher level factorial within subjects design(try saying that three times fast). I thought almost everyone in my class was the crème de la crème of the school, but upon further retrospection I realize that they just think exactly like me, (says a lot for my ego-centralism right?) empirical disciples. This force me to move from traditional IQ views to the more modern/post-modern idea of “different kinds of intelligences”. I know, those of us who still live in 1879 are retching at the idea, but it is something I am making more common place in my thought daily.
Thoughts of the Day:
True genius is not just inspiration but aspiration…and a few dozen bottles of Advil along the way.
You have to love a teacher who tells you not to read the chapter on ethics so you can spend more time on studying experimentation.
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we dye our perceptions of reality and turn what was once white into yellow, then green, then red, then black.
~Fin~