Oatmeal really makes you think
>>2998772
>Philosophy is talking about how evereybody who is looking for a black cat in a dark room is doing it wrong.
Ftfy
>>2998772
>Science is like someone looking for a flashlight in a dark room before searching for a black cat with the flashlight.
>>2998772
A better analogy would be philosophy is trying to understand what a black cat is. While science is finding one instance of it.
>>2998772
Yeah it always makes me think that oatmeal is some dumb shit.
>Scientism/Neoatheism is like someone waiting for a flashlight to spontaneously materialize itself after hundreds of millions of years due to random particle collisions, then asserting that we can never point to the cat´s location with certitude, only describe a probability function of his location at a given time.
>>2998841
>how I made an amalgamation of two theories I don't undetstand
>>2998772
>Theology is like being in a dark room looking for a black cat that is´nt there and shouting "i found it" and actually believing this shit.
I fixed that for you.
>>2998772
And a wise man just sits down in the dark room and waits till the cat wants to be caressed.
>>2998894
Nah a wise man would just get a dog because they're objectively better pets.
>>2998772
>>2998772
>Implying those aren't all 3 philosophy too
>>2998772
>oatshit
>>2998772
>it thinks science isnt a philosophy unto itself
The author should try reading a book.
>>2998772
The author should realize science got their flashlight from philosophy to begin with
>>2998943
>when bill nye-worshipping pop science memelords learn about the philosophical underpinnings of science
It just works g-guys, w-why do we need to think about things?
>>2998772
>he thinks science and philosophy are looking for the same thing
>>2998841
>*believes ancient myths*
>>2998772
>I majored in fucking graphic design, but science has all the answers, guyth!
Fuck, shit like this is always so cringey.
also,
>and humanities