Philosophical questions of the day:

[cimorene]

1. How much of worldwide belief in the supernatural is actually caused by a fundamental lack of understanding of the concept of probability?



2. How is it that a small child can still be amused by a comic movie when they don't understand any of the jokes?



3. Account for forty-year (thirty?) popularity of Garfield in spite of the fact that it has never been funny.



4. Salty or sweet? Prove your answer.

Pursuant to 3, Lasagna Cat, a series of live reenactments of Garfield strips plus remix music videos. Surreal and hilarious while highlighting exactly how stupid and un-funny Garfield really is. Funnier than Garfield-minus-Garfield, yo. Everyone should see at least a few. Pursuant to 2, I got Robin Hood: Men in Tights on DVD a few days ago.

Comments

[anglepoiselamp.livejournal.com]

1. More like the fundamental human gullibility and the even more human need to believe in stuff like the afterlife. (I'm a gullible skeptic, yay. My viewpoint consists of many completely incongruous opinions.)

2. They find different things to laugh at than adults do. I remember that I couldn't grasp plots at all, but I liked absurd jokes and characters that yelled and fell over a lot.

3. Stupid people like stupid things. I know this because of my learningks.

4. Salty. Sugars provide energy but salts are vitally important to the human body. And also salty foods are tastier, yo. :P

[cimness.livejournal.com]

#2 - actually the correct answer! You get a golden star cookie.