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It's all in jest. A way to pass the time. No more, no less.

So... today has been dreadfully boring. Given how slow things seem to be moving today, I thought maybe I would start a fun little opinion thread to pass the time.
 
So here's the question: Of all of the famous arguments in the history of philosophy, which do you feel is the worst.
 
I'm throwing a vote in for Anselm's version of the "Ontological Argument."

Did the adcoms decide to take a collective nap today?

Did the adcoms decide to take a collective nap today?

Did the adcoms decide to take a collective nap today?

Hopefully this very quiet morning is not setting the trend for the day...

Hopefully this very quiet morning is not setting the trend for the day...

This almost certainly overstates the case.

If I can say anything positive about the stress caused by all of this waiting around for admissions results, it's that I'm working out more in order to control some amount of it (better health being the positive externality of stress management).
 
If you're feeling the weight of the wait bearing down, I recommend lifting weights. I've found that it helps.

Oh my god...I just checked my spam folder and found an email from Arizona from February 10th!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm near the top of the wait list, apparently. I'm floored. I had been assuming rejection for over a week. Wow. Good thing I checked my spam folder!!!!

"You know that signed book I sent you? Yeah, The Metaphysics of Being and Nothingness... I'm going to need that back."

Another fail Monday.

Hold up. 50% off my first purchase for shoes!? That's remarkable!

Hold up. 50% off my first purchase for shoes!? That's remarkable!

I give this Friday a 5/10. Nothing spectacular, but better than the 1/10 Monday.

Kevin Spacey really is superb...

By the way, for those looking to get through an anxious Friday: House of Cards season 2 (in its entirety) will be available early morning. 

I took a break for a five days from this place and boy was it an excellent idea. Despite receiving one of the Notre Dame rejections today, I feel a bit refreshed, even if still quite pessimistic about my overall chances. FWIW, I was one who questioned early on why any one would think that the 'results' posters would be bluffing. That was until I spoke with an old friend who is currently enrolled in a program that at least a few on here have claimed acceptance to, who told me that he was fairly certain the committee had not even met yet. He may have gotten his facts wrong, but this did give me some cause to rethink becoming quickly negative after seeing results going up on here. That being said, I'm not surprised if Yale has sent out acceptances. I'm also in the boat of those who'd like to hear from Georgetown tomorrow (I'd take a wait-list offer from Indiana U as well if I could get one!). I am weirdly much calmer and feeling more realistic about my chances after getting away for a few days, already brain-storming ways to improve my application for next time around. I am not going to be one of those who tries and tries and tries at this. If I get shut out this year, I'll try once more, maybe next season, maybe the season after. I know what I am capable of (I did land a 4.0 MA GPA, after all, and have published in an actual journal, with real life philosophers), my instructors at my MA institution do as well. Anyways, if you're bummed about all this jazz, I really do recommend getting the hell off this site for at least a couple days, reading some philosophy without all the pressure. It can be a nice way of reassuring yourself of your love for the subject, and that you aren't going to let rejections make you think you're some how not as good as the rest, not to mention how obsessively checking the results page really dilutes the excitement that may accompany an actual acceptance, one you find out about spontaneously and not via a grad-cafe surrogate.

Fair Trade... does the grinder, based on its origins, feel obliged to the categorical imperative? 

Surely some of the recent work by Richard Rorty makes clear the connection between analytic and continental thought in phil science.

Something about having now had my highest of dreams dashed to pieces by Notre Dame makes me feel a little less anxious about the rest of my applications.

Similarly, if Husserl is lacking in rigor I'm really not sure what the word is supposed to mean then.

If you don't find any overlap, you're clearly not paying attention. At this point there has been plenty of work showing just how much overlap there is in each tradition (Lee Brave is an excellent example).
 
I also think there may be some meaning to a stylistic distinction, but I don't think it has to do with rigor and I don't think it has to do with clarity either. Analytic philosophy is as capable of being just as obtuse to the uninitiated as continental philosophy.
 
EDIT: And there are plenty of big-names in the analytic tradition that are obtuse even to the initiated: Davidson, Frege, Michael Thompson, Wittgenstein, Anscombe, McDowell. Judging philosophy done in France or Germany by the style of Derrida is the equivalent of judging philosophy done in the States by the style of Michael Thompson. 

Touche...

I think you have the wrong opinion of opinions.