Can a snowflake understand a fire? And other mindfuck Questions.

[LloydEsaka]

Heres my question. Assuming the snowflake has the capacity to think, would it still have enough mental capacity to THINK about what the fire is while the panic it experiences falling to its imminent death? So my answer would be yes, but it wouldn't really care about the fire, it would care about what is causing its demise

 

[Noone From Nowhere]

Can a Bulletproof Vest understand the need for Greater Firepower?

There! I can do it, too!
It is contrary to the nature of something that absorbs heat from its surroundings to generate intense heat. It would also be nullified if it ever attempted to experience fire. Yes, we all get it. Do I want it? That's a whole other question(that I arbitrarily refuse to answer).

Can a flamethrower understand an Ice Cream Koan? One can only hope so!

 

[CuddlyCombine]

HA! Well played!
So the question is, can an idiot recognize genius?

No, no, the true question is; once you know everything, how can you learn?

Can a flamethrower understand an Ice Cream Koan? One can only hope so!

Once the student is ready, the teacher appears.

 

[mrhappyface]

You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down, you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why are you not helping?

 

[SonicKoala]

You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down, you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why are you not helping?

What's a tortoise? Why aren't I helping? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU *Get's out gun and fires*

 

[mrhappyface]

So it's about opposites?

 

[JoshGod]

Can a snowflake understand a fire?

...

Can a person understand death?

no,
yes

 

[AC Medina]

Can a snowflake understand a fire?

...

Can a person understand death?

no,
yes

You do? Can you explain it to me, then?

 

[reg42]

Can God create a rock he cannot lift?

 

[El Poncho]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday

And, snowflakes are ice, can water understand a freezer? Fuck no, go think about important stuff like thinking straight.

 

[Daveman]

When i was once in high school honors english, our teacher basically told us about the supposed mindfuck questions in College Lit and in some literary techniques. One of the ones i remeber were "Why Wednesday?". But another on i heard of was "Can a snowflake understand a fire?" I don't really understand what it means, but can you tell me?

wednesday because t's named for the old-english god "Woden" and snowflakes can understand anything because they're Halo fanboys.

 

[DigitalSushi]

Can a snowflake understand a fire?

...

Can a person understand death?

I like you.

You made me go "woah man".

 

[JoshGod]

Can a snowflake understand a fire?

...

Can a person understand death?

no,
yes

You do? Can you explain it to me, then?

basically we just turn into a sack that does nothing but rot.
it happens because something gives out perhaps due to injury or the pressure of time.

were u looking for a deeper answer?

 

[Red Right Hand]

Can a snowflake understand a fire?

...

Can a person understand death?

no,
yes

You do? Can you explain it to me, then?

basically we just turn into a sack that does nothing but rot.
it happens because something gives out perhaps due to injury or the pressure of time.

were u looking for a deeper answer?

Thats not understanding it though, thats knowing what happens.

And if you post here saying no it's stupid, of course it doesn't, then you clearly don't get the point of the exercise. It's an attempt to look deeper into life and what it means.

Yea, the actual scientific answer is, of course, no. But obviously your teacher wanted you to write a pretentious, modern essay in which you use a lot of big words, restate the question, tell the audience why it is a good question, and then not give a definitive answer. But you used big words, so that must mean you'r smart.

Honestly, I hate modern writers.

I hate philosophy majors. Would it have killed them to learn something useful?

Well I think philosophy is the most important thing that we as humans can do, because what is the point in life and existence if we're not looking for the reason why we're here or understanding, not just knowing, the differences between us and other animals, or even inanimate objects.

OT:

Can a snowflake understand a fire?

...

Can a person understand death?

This.
It's a sort of euphamism looking deeper into our understanding of things.