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>and it takes a long time, because they’re slow to trust, slow to really enter into communication with you – then you can probably imagine how they might philos
by grawprog 6y ago
>and it takes a long time, because they’re slow to trust, slow to really enter into communication with you – then you can probably imagine how they might philosophise.”
>Gray believes that humans turned to philosophy principally out of anxiety, looking for some tranquillity in a chaotic and frightening world, telling themselves stories that might provide the illusion of calm. Cats, he suggests, wouldn’t recognise that need because they naturally revert to equilibrium whenever they’re not hungry or threatened. If cats were to give advice, it would be for their own amusement.
Reminds me of
https://youtu.be/AjFItQPBF3E https://youtu.be/AjFItQPBF3E
- kgwxd 6y agoI was 1:50 into that before I figured out how the British accents fit into the joke on this Key and Peele skit.
- grawprog 6y agoI don't follow. That was a clip of the Cat from Red Dwarf. A British sitcom from the 80's and 90's set in space in the far future.
- owyn 6y agoThat's the joke. :) Key and Peele could totally play Cat and Lister. But I'm surprised they never did a red dwarf tribute sketch now that I think about it, that would have been... something for sure. I loved that show!
- grawprog 6y agoI gotta admit, sometimes I take things a bit too literally on HN. But yeah, that would be pretty awesome. Never really thought about that before.