"Yes, you're right, but for all the wrong reasons." I hate it when that happens.
Me: "according to Wittgenstein, who was a once in a generation genius, all philosophical problems are merely semantic problems." Science nerd on tv: "philosophy is just arguing about semantics." Me: "shut the fuck up you ignorant nerd."
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Time to put my controversy hat on. Frustration doesn't excuse ignorant Speech, but philosophers often do not realize how exhausting it can be for scientists to be lectured about their profession by those who seem to have no interest in learning much about it.
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There is an elitist tendency in science, and philosophy isn't a lower discipline or anything, but unless you've been involved in the field, you have no idea how many people who are unwilling to even attempt complex equations etc. will try to lecture you.
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Science could use a few lessons in semantics. E.g., 'dark matter' is not dark but invisible..
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Well, that one works because the reason it's invisible is because it apparently doesn't interact with electromagnetism, and thus doesn't emit light.
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“What the nerd cannot speak about, he must pass over in silence.”
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Wittgenstein is cool and all, but it drives me up the wall when philosophers are talking about a topic in physics, and start talking semantics. Like some physics terms have broader meanings outside the field, but they're tightly defined, and semantics have nothing to do with it
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I've listened to wayy too many episodes of In Our Time where someone goes "but atoms are like mini solar systems" or something of the ilk
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It's not JUST semantics. It is semantics.
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Fine and perfect (apart from the word "just"). Scientists should care more about meaning.
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