PhilosophyMemes

Socrates: The only thing I know is that I know nothing.

Me: Oh no shit dude you like Op Ivy? They rule. "WEEEEEEEE GET TOLD, TO DECIDE.."

More like:

ME: Aw, hey, don't say that. You know things.

SOCRATES: Oh really? You seem well informed about me. Tell me, what is it that I know?

ME: Well, uh, you know that's a tree, right?

SOCRATES: Do I? What makes you confident that I know that?

ME: Uh, you know, you can see that it's shaped like a tree...

SOCRATES: Perhaps, but don't you think that other things could be shaped like trees, sometimes?

ME: Uh... like what?

SOCRATES: Hey, I'm asking the questions here, wise guy! Anyway, you seem to know a lot about trees, can you tell me how to know the difference between a tree and a large bush?

ME: Well I'm actually not, like, a botanist...

SOCRATES: So you don't know? But you seemed so confident that I knew! Perhaps it's not trees you're well informed about, but knowledge itself? Tell me, what does it mean to know something?

ME: *epistemological stammering*

This is how it feels watching conservatives interact with scientists, only belligerent.

Socraties 🤝 Scotty
      not knowing

It's a base reflection of the platonic ideal of a tree.

Kindness meets existential dread.