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I'd like to know what people think of philosophy.
| Bunch of endless meaningless rambling that's been going on for millenia without giving us anything | 3 | |
| Crucial discussions about existence/consciousness, we'd be robots if we didn't contemplate this | 13 | |
| Mostly useless rambling but there are some important subjects in it | 10 | |
| Mostly important, but there are some long-winded irrelevant parts | 5 | |
| It's about half-important, half-meaningless | 2 | |
| Other | 3 |
Man, your poll is very negative, I can't choose.
Personally, I love talking about theories both the probable and the impossible. However, it really depends on who I'm speaking with due to how imaginative I am. If I'm talking to someone who is rigid in their views, and all about facts that's been proven by the limited science we have today instead of thinking beyond it, I wont have fun talking to that person at all; because how are we going have a discussion about thoughts and theories when you think you already have all the answers?
Philosophy is necessary to make us think, and has gone on for millenia, there was even pessimism in the Stone Age, that's how primitive philosophy is.
Philosophy is like chewing gum - it's fun get your teeth into it as long as you don't swallow. Anyway, there never can be an ultimate question. Just questions of infinitely increasing complexity that easily surpass human intelligence. See the implications of Goettl's theorem on Alpha Omega completeness for more good shit.
its not like we're going to learn anything but its so enjoyable to discuss
As far as I'm concerned I consider it mostly a waste of breath. It may do some goos for some people, but that is more because they have issues in the first place. But to me its more worthless than a paper weight.