₦airaland Forum

PhysicsMHD:
I'm biased. But for good reason. A quick sampling of philosophers like Hegel, Bergson, Spinoza, Kierkegaard, etc., can make you realize that the lack of rigor in what can be counted as philosophy makes it a discipline that lets any "cumbaya sitting in a circle" speculations (such as the many from the individuals I just listed) be treated as plausible or even sensible if they're written well enough. As for logic being philosophy, I can't deny that, but what non-obvious principle/idea/thing has been proven by non-mathematical philosophical logic? I'm asking in earnest. I can't think of a single thing.

Philosophy is a good source of creative ideas, I admit. But I don't know about it being "difficult" unless one lacks the necessary verbal intelligence to understand it. The actual reasoning involved is not so difficult, in my opinion.

SEFAGO-like

Anyway, are you really sure? A lot of native speakers do have issues with philosophy. I doubt the difficulty has anything to do with their relative weak verbal intelligence when compared to yours. To each covert braggart his own

EzeUche_:
What is that suppose to mean?

Remember who runs the world. It is the bankers on Wall Street/Int'l investment firms and the lawyers in Congress/Parliament. Most scientist are used as peons by lawyers and bankers. In the United States, scientist have to go to Congress which is mostly comprised of people who have their J.D. for grants. While bankers invest in pharmaceutical companies and other companies that rely on scientist, in which they pay their salaries.

We business majors will have the last laugh. I should have majored in mathematics though.

Then you would have been done for. Not something you would be good at. I think you are doing just fine majoring in Karakata/trade and barter.

PhysicsMHD:
Who was bragging, other than SEFAGO (who can't help himself, with his Mensa qualifications )?

Well, you cant blame SEFAGO, he is used to that. Nigerian girls generally do that, in a way, allowing the guy to give himself airs. You can take SEFAGO out of Lagos, but you can never take the Lagos factor/Naija factor out of SEFAGO

He does it well though. I have seen worse in my days at Akoka.

EzeUche_:


Nigerians definitely like to brag about their supposed "educational achievements."

We are a nation of braggarts as well.  

Mostly people studying hard sciences though, and to some extent Engineering courses, like Becomrichn does every now and then.

SEFAGO is a special case I tell ya. Never seen a braggadocio like him, and I have seen a lot, but then, he is being indulged by Bimbos people asking him simple questions any dullard could answer

SEFAGO:
LOL, definitely not, sounds like an americana, must be mixing up with fstranger  , . fstranger is the resident ajepako on NL.

Though he is also americana sometimes. TBH I am disappointed- most people here dont act like real Nigerians, they all speak prim and proper english, never speak pidgin and even are becoming more civil to each other. WTF?

lmao,

And very proud of it.

Against all odds, still here, and still kicking arse(s).

PhysicsMHD:
What parts of philosophy do you guys think are actually difficult?   I'm skeptical.

Took a course in college, but when people like the guy below talks about something, I tend to believe it:

Well, after college I too removed myself to Europe, to Oxford for two years to study politics and philosophy, and put a hold on medical school plans. I hoped to become transformed, to become a thinker, perhaps a professor of philosophy. But it took all my capacity just to understand the questions philosophers asked, let alone offer anything like original answers.

http://docwhisperer./tag/dr-atul-gawande/

Ozin:
I am from Akwa-Ibom and I visited Nigeria(Akwa-Ibom specifically) in 2008,2009 and october 2011.I also stayed in lagos for the 2 months I stayed in Nigeria and I can authoritatively say Governor Akpabio has changed Akwa-Ibom in terms of Infrastructure than what Fashola has done for Lagos state.His development of Akwa-Ibom is not even skewed to favour the elites as the case is in lagos state.It is done in all the local Government Area of the state.

Yeah right!

Thanks for letting us know how proud you are of your people and how contemptuous you view others.

homerac7:
Really, i hav no qualms with d fanfare. I wld rather consider it a good thing if Bode George will own up to d crime, apologise to d nation duly and make restitutio. Then, i wont mind giving him a big embrace myself. Otherwise, he and his cohorts r only fooling themselves.

PDP= Phools Deceiving Phools

He has done that!

Kobojunkie:
What the heck has Kirikiri to do with life? He committed a crime and he was paid to pay for it. You don't have to go to jail for that to happen. lol

Well, if you had stayed in Nigeria, instead of eloping to Obodo-Oyinbo, you would have realized, not only the connection between Kirikiri and life, but also how everyday life in Nigeria makes, compared to your relatively spoon fed life in Chicago, you a better individual.


Since you could not make it Nigeria, you have no right to make snide remarks about those who toughed it out and came through better than you, or your heritage, including generations yet unborn, could ever have done.

Against all odds, he has done great. Now mind your own sorry arse life.


I still love you though Kobo.

"Ogede n baje, a l'on pon" ("banana dey spoil, men think it is getting more ripe")
YORUBA PROVERB

Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a living.

Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children. In this way they won't be so shocked when the home is broken up later.

When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will make him think he's cute.

Give the child all the spending money he wants. Never let him earn his own.

Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is twenty-one and then let "him decide for himself".

Satisfy his every craving for food, drink, and comfort. See that his every sensual desire is gratified.

Avoid the use of "wrong". He may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later, when he is arrested, that society is against him and he is being persecuted.

Let him read any printed material, and listen to any music he can get his hands on. Be careful that the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but let his mind feast on garbage.

Pick up everything he leaves lying around. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing all responsibility on others.

When he gets into real trouble, apologize to yourself by saying, "I could never do anything with him."

Take his part against neighbors, teachers, and policemen. They are all prejudiced against your child.

Prepare for a life of grief. You will likely have it.

Dede1:
I guess it takes one stammering punk to notice another. Now, do not try to bamboozle me with crackers because I spent considerable amount of time in Yoruba land. I do not believe in calling names but facts.

And you dont know that Yorubaland is a single world, not two words.

What a liar you are.

Hello Muki, The thread below has nothing to do with politics. It is an attempt by a discredited  writer c-um confirmed Biafra apologist to rewrite history. It has nothing to do with politics. Please delete it as soon as possible.


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-612921.0.html

Facebook debates = Speech writers debate


I dont think GEJ knows how to write.

Becomrichn:
Shekarau shows what is wrong with nigeria picking a president who has no understand of science principle. How can a governor doubt sure a thing. may the soul of the children rest in peace.

And we need to ask what are the people running for president offering Nigerian. they are not offering nigerian anything apart from telling them zoning or i am from the niger delta.

The issue is the life of nigerian would remain the same till 2019.

Becomrichn, can you speak Batu English like Shekerau?

Is Ayo Salami from Kwara?


Did he study Electricity Engineering like you?


Does he have a hot daughter that I can flex with?

Not your business

I never liked this Fashola guy

How can a Yoruba man go to a daft and incompetent school like Uniben.


Incompetent schools breed incompetent leaders.

You boring Odunnu

eku_bear:
Don't mind him. Very clever in certain areas, but deficient in others  Oh well, we shall excuse him due to his extreme youth 

I know.

He is all books, no game.


He's prolly never seen toto before, he sure does know how to talk himself up though.

Oh well! Another nerd demystified. . . whos next?

Leave her alone

I invited myself

^^^

Stop being heartless, you never know where you would end up tomorrow

No you dont!

Dede1:
I thought at this stage on Naairland you should have educated your silly arse on the composite groups that made up easterners.

Again, you continue to prove that inherent idiocy can not be fixed. Even Dr. Baike added to his diaries in 1884 during the expedition of lower Niger/Benue River that Igbo are the most articulate group of people he had ever met, Olodo.

You mean those stammering Ibos

Keep making up stuff. Whatever helps you from going gagagagagaga. lol

henry101:
We know, no ethnicity have monopoly for mad backside/// people.
You all should calm down and stop behaving like underfed lunatics.

Nah, Ibo peeps take the cake on this one, remember their cannibalism past

This is just the modern version or what my five year old nephew just called cannibalism 3.0

nwabobo:
Guess Ojukwu lowered his gaze when he slapped a white man at the age of 10. ezi

Lies! Lies!! Lies!!!

Ojukwu never slapped any whiteman at the age of 10. STFU Bimbo

The incident happened at Kings college and it didnt get that far.

eku_bear:
Na wa o. The difference is huge. Student loans and stuff is a sunk cost anyway, so not relevant for this comparison.
What type of company? Is she a stripper?  

Anyway, just because you have some lucky friend doesn't mean you can leave things to luck yourself, imo. Major in something solid and real.

You can get wall street jobs if you take some business/econ on the side. I actually don't know what sorts of jobs those guys do, to be honest.

May be an escort. I heard those people pull in a lot as well.

~Bluetooth:
And start marrying yoruba men.

Absolutely

We tha best, innit?

SEFAGO:
@ Fstranger,
I think you are just jealous of the woman and a[b] misogynist.[/b] Trust me if I thought her achievements were mediocre, i would have said so.

Misogynist? Prolly not, may be a lil; misanthrope, close, but not everyone.

That said, i do get along with people just fine, at least to some extent as long as boundaries are respected.

eku_bear:
No way. What sort of engineering only pays $50k out of college??? Environmental, maybe? Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, etc at top firms you'll earn 65. My buddy from college finished his bachelors and masters in 4 years, got an offer for 75 or so straight out.

Take a look at this pay scale for Chemical:
http://www1.salary.com/Chemical-Engineer-I-Salary.html

Seems pretty in line with what I've seen.

Well like law, engineering salary depends on the school reputation and locality. You cant expect a grad from say Florida to make as much as someone from college park.    .     . who born the maga.