Philosophy in the shack (1)

Yesterday my buddy asked me: "What do you hold to be the furthest out shit you've ever seen, or, to put it differently, name something that leaves you astonished after seeing it". At first I just stared at him, somewhat startled by his odd way of expressing himself (I think he needs to get out of the shack to get some fresh air, but we all know that's not gonna happen. You simply don't violate the dudes' code of honor. Once you're in the shack, you stay in the shack.) Well anyway, my first response was: "Well, the mere existence of mites are brutally shocking, but since the human eye can't see it, I don't know if that qualifies if I am to take your question literally..." He said that, strictly speaking, it should not count, since it's true that they aren't visible to the eye. A moment of silence followed, after which I came up with something I found really profound: " We all know there are loads of mites in my bed right? There must be, my bedclothes haven't been washed for freaking ages dude!" (I won't get coarse on a public blog, but we all know what these microscopic creatures feed on, right? Well, whatever it is, I can assure you there's loads of it in my bed!) I went on: "Well, if we KNOW there are armies of these hideous beings crawling around where I sleep, then, if I were to let my eyes wander over the whole area of the bed, doesn't that mean that lots of mites MUST pass my field of vision, although my eye doesn't detect them in the way we normally mean when we speak of the act of seeing stuff? I mean, These things doubtlessly enter my field of vision, doesn't that mean I see them dude?" A few moments of solemn silence struck the shack... The joint switched hands a couple of times...

If you wanna know my buddys' response, and how the whole discussion ended, be sure to visit us soon again!






One of my bedmates