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[QUOTE=HentaiManOfPeacesGhost;948981]That's not my job, that's the business execs and lawyers' problems to deal with.[/QUOTE]

Oh, so that is your theme song then :D
[video=youtube;8BDC4j_wCu4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BDC4j_wCu4[/video]
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BDC4j_wCu4[/url] for those who can't click the red box

Originally Posted by HentaiManOfPeacesGhost

That's not my job, that's the business execs and lawyers' problems to deal with.

Oh, so that is your theme song then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BDC4j_wCu4 for those who can't click the red box

[QUOTE=HentaiManOfPeacesGhost;948915]Work as an engineer. Never used philosophy in my entire life to build infrastructure or delivery water or energy to your house. Your philosophy is only useful for pseudo-intellectuals who love to overanalyze things and boost your egos.[/QUOTE]
Well obviously, philosophy isn't exactly useful for technical matters. But when it comes to "should we build this thing here considering the impacts on the environment, on people around, etc.?", it's needed. It's also a good idea to think about stuff like, you know... the goal you are pursuing in life.
[QUOTE=oops_ur_dead;948916]Philosophy is cool.

Philosophy for the sole sake of intellectual masturbation is fucking cringe.

Example: Philosophy of science is useful, it led to things like the scientific method.

Arguing if Hitler was evil because of the philosophical definition of "evil" is cringe as fuck and a massive waste of time.[/QUOTE]
Mental gymnastics can be fun training and sometimes food for thought for more serious attempts to think about something, so I wouldn't even say that's cringe (unless you are actually just boasting your amazing intellectual skills without actually thinking, in which case it's pointless lol, but that isn't so common).

As for the definition of [I]evil[/I], it's pretty important if you want to live a good life, to avoid evil and to manage it around you, so... nope

Speaking of waste of time, picking at people online is a massive waste of time, yet some people seem to enjoy it and do it anyway, so why can't that work with philosophy too :)
[QUOTE=OzyWho;948918]I think people have the wrong impression of what philosophy is and don't realize that, at it's core, it's nothing more than a synonym for [I]critical thinking[/I].[/QUOTE]

But then I wonder what they think it is lol.

Originally Posted by HentaiManOfPeacesGhost

Work as an engineer. Never used philosophy in my entire life to build infrastructure or delivery water or energy to your house. Your philosophy is only useful for pseudo-intellectuals who love to overanalyze things and boost your egos.

Well obviously, philosophy isn't exactly useful for technical matters. But when it comes to "should we build this thing here considering the impacts on the environment, on people around, etc.?", it's needed. It's also a good idea to think about stuff like, you know... the goal you are pursuing in life.

Originally Posted by oops_ur_dead

Philosophy is cool.

Philosophy for the sole sake of intellectual masturbation is fucking cringe.

Example: Philosophy of science is useful, it led to things like the scientific method.

Arguing if Hitler was evil because of the philosophical definition of "evil" is cringe as fuck and a massive waste of time.

Mental gymnastics can be fun training and sometimes food for thought for more serious attempts to think about something, so I wouldn't even say that's cringe (unless you are actually just boasting your amazing intellectual skills without actually thinking, in which case it's pointless lol, but that isn't so common).

As for the definition of evil, it's pretty important if you want to live a good life, to avoid evil and to manage it around you, so... nope

Speaking of waste of time, picking at people online is a massive waste of time, yet some people seem to enjoy it and do it anyway, so why can't that work with philosophy too

Originally Posted by OzyWho

I think people have the wrong impression of what philosophy is and don't realize that, at it's core, it's nothing more than a synonym for critical thinking.

But then I wonder what they think it is lol.

I keep seeing (and some of you may recognize yourselves in what I am going to say) people saying philosophy is pointless, that it only complicates things and creates nonsense... I would like to understand how one can come to this conclusion, considering philosophy is just the use of reason in its purest possible form when it comes to stuff that can't be mathematized. How does the rejection of this amazing tool make sense?

I keep seeing (and some of you may recognize yourselves in what I am going to say) people saying philosophy is pointless, that it only complicates things and creates nonsense... I would like to understand how one can come to this conclusion, considering philosophy is just the use of reason in its purest possible form when it comes to stuff that can't be mathematized. How does the rejection of this amazing tool make sense?