wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes September 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 09 September 2013 08:02:36AM 3 points [-]

If you don’t study philosophy you’ll absorb it anyway, but you won’t know why or be able to be selective.

This seems true. What I am curious about is whether it remains true if you substitute "don't" with "do". Those that do study philosophy have not on average impressed me with their ability to discriminate among the bullshit.

Comment author: somervta 09 September 2013 09:28:55AM 1 point [-]

it seems to me that you are identifying 'study philosophy' as 'take philosophy courses/study academic philosophy/etc', which may not have been the intent of the OP