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12284422 No.12284422 [Reply] [Original]

Will philosophy ever recover?

>> No.12284427

hopefully not

>> No.12284432
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>>12284422
Will zoolander ever recover?

>> No.12284437

>>12284422
Why are you guys obsessed with him? The only remotely smart things he says are about Islam, everything else is common knowledge or nonsense.

>> No.12284446

Does it even matter anyways? Philosophy these days is a subset of science, which is a subset of math, which is a subset of Computer Science. So Sam Harris, Memerson, and company are nothing more than bits inside a supercomputer, which will get stored and forgotten along with all the other philosophers before them.

>> No.12284451

>>12284437
Sam is at his absolute best when he has some really interesting person on who is in the forefront of tech, and asks them questions on the ethical connotations for their work (like AI and CRISPR). He also had a fantastic show when he brings on security experts, medical experts, and think tank types that deal in edgy stuff like universal basic income.

He is at his absolute worst when HE speaks about philosophy, culture war, or religion. This is not a value judgement on his beliefs, I could listen to older Hitchens stuff easily, but Sam just isnt that insightful or WISE, as smart as he may be. Truly shit tier is when he shills meditation.

>> No.12284464

>>12284451
Oh, I've never watched any of his videos that weren't about religions. Could you post some links to his best?

>> No.12284492

>>12284464
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlPF9_1VIso
https://samharris.org/podcasts/humanity-2-0/
https://samharris.org/podcasts/living-with-violence/

The last one had extremely good information. I have very young kids, and the advice given is to not have them go to police if they are lost, because they may go to a security guard which has incredibly high abuse numbers. Instead have them go to a well dressed woman with kids if possible.

>> No.12284498

Philosophy didn't even notice.

>> No.12284506

>>12284422
Philosophy is dead, an empty shell, desiccated and forlorn, like all the other sciences

>> No.12284530

>>12284422
Yeah. The moral landscape is fucking garbage.

>> No.12284825

bump

>> No.12284852

>>12284492
sounds like he's fostering more unnecessary paranoia of your fellow man
>be scared of x because of muh statistics
lmao where have i heard that one before i wonder

>> No.12285088

>>12284422
What does a low-information unread neoconservative Jew have to do with philosophy?

>> No.12285100

>>12284852
>unnecessary paranoia
It is very necessary, you eusocial creep.

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12285114

>solves the is/ought problem
We should be grateful to be alive at the same time as this

>> No.12285410

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxalrwPNkNI

Watching his pseudo-philosophical bullshit getting destroyed point by point brings me immense joy

>> No.12285418

>>12285100
>be american
>be suspicious of every single person you encounter
>treat them with the wariness of encountering a bear in the forest
>still get shot anyway

>> No.12285426

it's a strong claim that "philosophy" took any notice of harris

>> No.12285445

I stikl havent understood his secular morality after listening to all his podcasts and debates

"We dont need religion to be good duuuh"