1001 Silly Questions - Machale, Des
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Sometimes called `imponderables' or `rhetoricals', they do not necessarily have answers. These silly questions are always amusing and often interesting because they concern the little unnoticed contradictions in life. Why do we write things down but type them up? Why do ships carry a cargo, while cars carry a shipment? And how did the guy who made the first clock know what time to set it to? This is philosophy for the man and woman in the street, but stuff the real philosophers are not able to answer. Our response can vary from `Yes, I've often wondered about that', through `How the hell…mehr

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Sometimes called `imponderables' or `rhetoricals', they do not necessarily have answers. These silly questions are always amusing and often interesting because they concern the little unnoticed contradictions in life. Why do we write things down but type them up? Why do ships carry a cargo, while cars carry a shipment? And how did the guy who made the first clock know what time to set it to? This is philosophy for the man and woman in the street, but stuff the real philosophers are not able to answer. Our response can vary from `Yes, I've often wondered about that', through `How the hell should I know?' to `Who cares? This is the biggest collection of sillies ever assembled, and by the time you have finished reading them, you will begin to spot new questions for yourself, so it is a game anyone can learn and play. Have fun reading them using them to confuse and amuse others --- teachers, students ,parents, spouses, bosses, employees, and anyone you want to take down a peg.
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Des MacHale has published over 80 books, several with Logic Press: https://logicpress.ie/authors/machale/index.html Des MacHale was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, some time ago. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mathematical Science from University College Galway and a Ph.D. degree in Algebra from the University of Keele in the UK. In 1996, he received a Diploma in Geology from University College Cork and in 2015 the National University of Ireland awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Literature for his books on George Boole. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at University College Cork where he taught for forty years. He is the author of over eighty published books on such diverse topics as Lateral Thinking Puzzles (with Paul Sloane), Wit, Jokes, Puzzles, Words, George Boole (with Yvonne Cohen), John Ford's movie The Quiet Man, and Giving up Smoking. His interests include Mineral and Fossil collection, recreational mathematics, wit, humour and jokes, words, photography, book collecting, broadcasting, family history, and puzzles of all kinds. He and his long-suffering wife Anne have five wonderful children and three even more wonderful grandchildren and live in Cork.