And you are not goofy the moment you start doing any kind of philosophy that is not 'reduction to cognitive algorithms' or 'consequentialist utilitarianism'? I see philosophy mostly as people trying to sound clever.
ETA: I have nothing personally against Philosophers, I just think philosophy as a well-respected field has taken a few too many wrong turns.
(Disclaimer: My knowledge of philosophy is at the 101) level.)
I do think a lot of what passes for philosophy is bogus. But the bogus philosophers still have "Department of Philosophy" on their university letterhead. Meanwhile: To a first approximation, all biologists believe in evolution.
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