Pedro Alonso Lopez
10th June 2004, 15:28
"The Problem with Philosophy". Comments posted on a message board by disgruntled undergraduate students.
"...philosophy is mostly a bunch of crap. If someone wants to think about whether or not a world actually exists their whole life, I think they are kind of wasting their time."
"...who would sit around and ponder their exsistence and stuff like that. The use of drugs is one possible explanation for the behavoir of philosophers. "
"Unless doubting everything will revent the destruction of mankind, why waste time with this.
"What made these philosophers even start to ask these questions? Are they not satisfied with what they already know?"
"To me philosophy just seems like a load of nonsense to try and distract people from reality, and then claim it in the name of "deep thought." From my point of view it seems a lot more like "insecurity." Like the philosophers just need to talk to a psychiatrist and get to know and understand themselves better. "
"...philosophizing. To me, that is a waste of a life. However we got here, or whatever it is we are supposed to be doing, I don't think God intended for us to sit around all day wondering whether or not we have heads. "
"Philosophy in it's core is completely useless. It doesn't spawn any concrete theory that is indisputable."
"My real problems with philosophy are the old dead guys that wrote stuff down. Does anyone here really understand what their saying?!?! I can't make it out."
"There has to be at least our conscious somewhere in the world otherwise who are we. And to say we don't even have a consicous, is denying the human story. "
"...it's up to the individual person upon whether or not they wish to sit around and try to answer questions that have no answers. I choose not too. "
"We are all products of philosophy, so don't knock it. "
"But they do try to work their minds into finely tuned organs, they want to know what they can know. Most of you would rather just pretend that you know what you know, but if I asked you, you'd just stare. "
"...studying philosophy gives people this sense of intelligence and of using their brain for real. "
"I'm sure that someone else could give you better, technical reasons why philosophy is important, but all that I know is that its filled me with knowledge and given me a sense of power."
"...philosophy is mostly a bunch of crap. If someone wants to think about whether or not a world actually exists their whole life, I think they are kind of wasting their time."
"...who would sit around and ponder their exsistence and stuff like that. The use of drugs is one possible explanation for the behavoir of philosophers. "
"Unless doubting everything will revent the destruction of mankind, why waste time with this.
"What made these philosophers even start to ask these questions? Are they not satisfied with what they already know?"
"To me philosophy just seems like a load of nonsense to try and distract people from reality, and then claim it in the name of "deep thought." From my point of view it seems a lot more like "insecurity." Like the philosophers just need to talk to a psychiatrist and get to know and understand themselves better. "
"...philosophizing. To me, that is a waste of a life. However we got here, or whatever it is we are supposed to be doing, I don't think God intended for us to sit around all day wondering whether or not we have heads. "
"Philosophy in it's core is completely useless. It doesn't spawn any concrete theory that is indisputable."
"My real problems with philosophy are the old dead guys that wrote stuff down. Does anyone here really understand what their saying?!?! I can't make it out."
"There has to be at least our conscious somewhere in the world otherwise who are we. And to say we don't even have a consicous, is denying the human story. "
"...it's up to the individual person upon whether or not they wish to sit around and try to answer questions that have no answers. I choose not too. "
"We are all products of philosophy, so don't knock it. "
"But they do try to work their minds into finely tuned organs, they want to know what they can know. Most of you would rather just pretend that you know what you know, but if I asked you, you'd just stare. "
"...studying philosophy gives people this sense of intelligence and of using their brain for real. "
"I'm sure that someone else could give you better, technical reasons why philosophy is important, but all that I know is that its filled me with knowledge and given me a sense of power."