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I Think I Am, I Think

Rene Descartes said
  I think, therefore I am

Yet might you not say
  I am, therefore I think

Which comes first
  The think or the am
  The am or the think

Weigh this long enough
  It may drive you to drink!

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Caren Krutsinger

August 28, 2018 at 5:14 AM

I know a lot of people who are but they do not think, so I have the answer.

Gershon Wolf

August 28, 2018 at 1:54 PM

---And you have my official unofficial "Comment of the Day" award! Thanks, I think... ~ gw

Michelle Faulkner

August 27, 2018 at 1:31 PM

Oh, that's intriguing 'I am, therefore, I think' - I like it! Makes me wonder, if you are what you eat, do you eat what you are?

Gershon Wolf

August 27, 2018 at 2:01 PM

Thanks for weighing in on this one, Michelle. Here's a blast from the past for you: A legendary, but super-pushy and annoying sports announcer and writer named Howard Cosell, who made his name as Mohammed Ali's chronicler, was roasted before he passed away. One of those present said: "Howard. They say you are what you eat. Well, you must be eatin' garbage! ~ Gershon