Showing posts with label nonsense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nonsense. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

How nonsense sharpens the intellect

The philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote that anomalies produce a profound “sensation of the absurd,” and he wasn’t the only one who took them seriously.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/health/06mind.html?src=tp