Why is philosophy, especially philosophy of science, frowned on by so many scientists nowadays?
Why is philosophy, especially philosophy of science, frowned on by so many scientists nowadays?
Austin Mitchell
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Alexander Long
Its literally useless
Find me one good use, and I'll concede.
Nathan Ward
Because they don't understand it
Austin Brown
Most scientists don't look down on it (then again I am at a liberal arts university)
Adrian Bailey
Because it's fucking pointless.
It's easier for bullshitters, to bullshit using the linguistic forms in ever-spiraling markov chains, than for scientists to translate their experimental and theoretical work into a framework that satisfies non-technicians.
Philosophy is frowned upon because it lacks quality control for bullshit and is a carcass propped up by mopey academic vampires who wish the world would be Prussian forever.
Adam Edwards
I think it's a non-issue just perpetuated by undergrads who feel like they understand everything because they pass some retarded weed out courses. What I could say happened in the 20th century is that many people thought that the weird shit scientists were discovering was so unintuitive and esoteric, that every academic should be like that. So some people capitalized from those feelings and convinced a lot of people who knew no better of it (Lacan comes to mind). And it is also true that many scientists are not letting themselves read into philosophy and the like, so they just dismiss it as pure wankery.
Zachary Jones
Most actual scientists don't look down on it. It's generally undergrads and fedora-tipping science enthusiasts, who generally don't read or educate themselves in anything but pop-science and their prescribed university courses.
Adrian Reed
Not to mention that ever-increasing intelligence picks apart and develops ever more novel and explanatory aesthetic-moral systems.
The only sensible morality is the development and refinement of the qualities that constitute "intelligence", not the lies of priests and sick men of the spirit (past, present, and future).
Remember, humans would rather bullshit than solve problems. It's a pragmatic solution for keeping the demands of motivational systems within bodily energy production but it means humans beings would rather chat and fuck than do anything else.
Remember, we are but stupid faggot bridges to amazing complexes of moral and aesthetic judgements. A lot of people are failed megalomaniacs who don't realized how badly they've failed.
Owen Gutierrez
ITT: newfags have never heard of Kant
Joshua Cook
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