Philosophers became insignificant when philosophy became a separate academic discipline, distinct from science and history and literature and religion.
~ Shane Parrish from, https://fs.blog/2012/10/freeman-dyson-on-philosophy-what-can-you-really-know/
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Which is worth sharing just because it’s Freeman Dyson—I’m quoting a quote—in all his zany glory.
…but also, yeah. Why isn’t STEM today thought of as a branch of philosophy, (“love of truth” after all)? STEM degrees remain Ph.D.s, but beyond that vestigially appendix . . .
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