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[–] kaffiene 142 points 5 months ago (7 children)

One of the painful things about having studied philosophy is experiencing the fact that nearly everyone on the Internet are absolutely sure having read a few paragraphs about the topic makes them an expert.

[–] Feathercrown 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I hope that one day people can call themselves philosophers without feeling cringey, because the world finally understands and respects it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

For what it’s worth, as a non-philosopher, I absolutely agree that it’s a field that needs and deserves to be taken far more seriously by far more people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

When I grow up, I want to work at the philosophy factory, making philosophies

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think everyone with a niche skill experiences that to some extent. Almost all posts about mathematics on lemmy attract people acting like they understand what’s going on while making wrong claims lol, I only rarely see comments that are fully correct.

[–] kaffiene 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah I expect climate change scientists would roll their eyes pretty hard at my post as well =)

[–] someacnt_ 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I saw any math related post tbh, other than witty 3! = 6 one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess me being a mathematician makes me notice them more. I’ve seen many in several communities, but me being biased makes me wish there were more.

[–] someacnt_ 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I just began math PhD program, maybe it becomes different after finishing it. Maybe we are in different communities? Mine is mostly this one, linux and programming.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Different communities then I guess, I browse ‘all’ a lot.

[–] PunnyName 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey, I'll have you know that I've read TWO paragraphs!

[–] kaffiene 14 points 5 months ago

Shit! We got an expert here! ;-)

[–] moistclump 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same with studying anything and then seeing it mentioned on the internet.

[–] kaffiene 2 points 5 months ago

Very true

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

You're right! I read a few paragraphs about this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I’m an engineer myself, and even I can see that the take on philosophy here is really unnecessarily disparaging, and doesn’t even really fit well into the joke due to a rather meaningful lack of pertinence.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

My high-school class on philosophy concerned itself with formal logic (syllogisms, really) and a little ontology, though I have forgotten most of the ontological stuff again. I don't know just how much there is to know, so I don't know just how ignorant I am. But where other Internet philosophers pretend to know what they're talking about, I at least know that I don't.