The influence of the 19th century is still very noticeable in these photos. The picture of the solders moving the 95mm cannon, with the exception that the cannon is a breach loader, could pass as a Matthew Brady tintype from the American Civil War. It's a world that seems so distant, but the people who fought it were…

'TOPES RULE!

Are there any high school phenoms from Akron planing on entering the draft? Because, that could really help for a few years.

My other snide remarks aside, this is a legitimate attempt to answer your question about philosophy and address Tyson's comments.

Word! The Demon Haunted World, with its emphasis on distinguishing science from pseudoscience and illustrating the value of critical thinking, travels pretty far down a few paths that could be considered philosophy.

Francis Bacon would disagree.

This is also pretty much the worldview of a 13th century serf.

You're aware that Rene Descartes was a philosopher, yes? Furthermore, Descartes, as a Rationalist, held that all reliable knowledge had to be acquired a priori and that sensory observations (empiricism) could not be trusted.

What if you're in a DeLorean?

Holy hell! I'm a little surprised he even has to jump to dunk. If he works on his vertical he might be able to throw down the hammer without raising his arms above his head.

"Fuck the doomed." —Richard Nixon

"That's why humanity made me head bee guy!" —Ken Ham

Goddamnitsomuch.

YEAH BRO! IMMA BE DOING SOME CRAY-CRAY LYSOGENIC CYCLES! YOU KNOW THEY'RE GUNNA BE SOME PROPHAGES RUN ALL OVER THIS MOTHER!!! WHOOOOO!!!!!

It isn't as if Manziel would notice, Texas A&M's Letters and Humaities department is ranked below eleventieth nationally.

"You're gunna have to do better than that if you want to QB in this town! Where are my keys?" —Bernie Kosar

I'm guessing the euphoria will wear off by week three once the midget from A&M who can outrun NCAA defenders gets eaten alive in the NFL and the Dawg Pound starts cheering when he gets injured.

The Cleveland Browns select, from Texas A&M: Tim Couch Jr!

If Krauthammer's high school science teacher was still alive, I'm pretty sure he just died of shame. If that didn't kill his teacher, seppuku might be an order because Krauthammer's inability to understand how science works is a colossal failure on the part of an educator.

Cider, on the whole, is okay. This, however, is the one brand that no one should drink, for any reason—even if that reason was it was 2 liters for £2.