I Heard Catchy Long Titles Get More Readers, So I Decided to Try it out

Descartes, Bacon, and Chick Sexers

I know, I know. To repeat jokes isn’t very appropriate, and maybe even extremely boring.

But bear with me for a second.

The reason is this. When I was a child I wanted to be a stand-up comedian, but then I decided to study philosophy.

So I became the joke.

However, to be honest, — lest Kant gets angry at me — I have to admit that thanks to philosophy, I’ve learned one or two interesting anecdotes. Took me 10 years to, but very worth it, I promise.

For example, Descartes wasn’t a morning person. He used to wake up at 11 am at the earliest.

That was until Queen Christina of Sweden hired him in 1649 for private philosophy lessons starting at 5 am.

Descartes died in 1650.

On the other hand, the philosopher Francis Bacon was in love, and very much so, with his scientific method and experimentation to acquire knowledge.

In trying to prove that meat could be preserved when frozen, he stuffed chicken with snow to win an argument he was having with his friend on their way back home.