If one wants to reach his brain potential(I know how cliche it sounds) is studying only math and philosophy the best thing to do? And I'm not saying that you should forget about stuff like Arts, I think they are important too(especially music and literature) but your main focus should be on Philosophy and Math
Philosophy and Math
Parker Miller
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Jayden Gray
physics too
Carter Morris
I thought about that too but is it as pure as the subjects above?
Jayden Myers
only brainlets "focus" and "specialize" in subjects
Andrew Barnes
>>>((("""philosophy""")))
Bentley Garcia
Physics is just math with less rigour
Landon Ramirez
Not you to judge who is a brainlet considering you have atrocious reading comprehension. The goal here is to take from them the most you can so you can use it everywhere.
Blake Butler
atrocious reading comprehension?
>but your main focus should be on Philosophy and Math
hmm...
Christian Cruz
>to reach his brain potential
Really gets your noggin joggin huh?
Aiden Moore
there's not much argument against understanding existence itself, so a thorough philosophical education is a must for having a good grasp on reality. however, mathematics are an artisan specialization. scientific results derived with mathematics can be understood without comprehending the mathematics involved in building the conclusion, it's not something you need to know in the same sense that you don't need to understand the ceramics industry to shit in a toilet. it's a tool used in science, but on it's own is pure abstraction and has nothing to do with reality. divisions, categorizations, metrics are all arbitrarily defined. philosophy is what deals with reality, science is a method of philosophy, mathematics are a tool of science.
that doesn't mean studying mathematics is "pointless". if you're interested in it, you might as well study it like anything else you're interested in, such as geology, birds, or the vietnam war. it's also useful as an artisan trade, similar to knowing how to operate a forklift or design software. it just isn't necessary knowledge for understanding reality itself any more than knowing how to use a microscope is a requirement for understanding microbiological data. you can let someone else do the work. focus on philosophy to understand logic and the various arguments of existence, as well as how science derives information and the results of scientific exploration. you don't have to reinvent the wheel to understand how it works.