Why don't scientists know philosophy?
e.g. Hawking, Dawkins
Why don't scientists know philosophy?
Asher Hill
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Hudson Parker
Too busy learning our fields
>Why don't philosophers know algebraic geometry ffs, such brainlets
Lincoln Foster
the engineer is to a scientist what a scientist is to a philosopher
Samuel Garcia
What about people like Leibniz and Bertrand Russell?
Brandon Gomez
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Christopher Watson
I personally prefer philosophy to science. Scientific world-view is much more limited than a free-thinking one, because science creates restrictions of how things could be.
For instance, if I believed in science, I would be unable to believe that I could fly if I waved my arms fast enough. However, if I throw science into rubbish bin and instead only apply my imagination, then I can live in a world where I can fly by just waving my arms. And such a world would be much cooler than the boring one perpetuated by science.
Brayden Howard
You're fucking retarded, and a rationalist, sarcastic pseudo-i tellectual. The pure epitome of postmodern thought. Disgusting.
Bentley Johnson
You are retarded.
Wyatt Howard
Science is actually useful for the real world. Philosophy is cool and all but it's about as useful as playing videogames or jacking off
>a man is a featherless biped!
yeah, that's real great philosophers. Thanks for the input.
Gabriel Torres
For the life of me I can't recall an instance where a mathematically illiterate philosopher dismissed the need for mathemetics or science. I can recall plenty of philosophically illiterate mathemetitians and scientists doing so for philosophy.
I feel this is the essence of the thread. This widespread notion in STEM that there isn't a need for philosophy. There seems to be a willful ignorance of the topic, which seems bizarre to me. Philosophy provides the context within which mathematical and scientific endevours provide meaningful, relatable results.