I had a mystical experience, and this is what came of it.
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I love kitties.
Wow - that's probably the nerdiest thing I've ever seen!
If that's the nerdiest thing you've seen, you haven't seen this.
Not to offend the trekkies, but the philosophy of consciousness is way more hard core.
There's an academic LOLcat here.
that loltrek isn't the nerdiest thing I've ever seen but it sure as hell almost made me coat my monitor in a fine mist of dark roast.
You'd appreciate this one of David Chalmers. Come to think of it, probably also this guy and, if you're up on the thought experiments, this one, too.
Tree bark promotes nerve growth
So these are ones you actually made, or...?
I can borrows that last one a bit? :D
Yeah, I made all these, feel free to use them.
Yays. ^.^