Emile comments on Guarding Against the Postmodernist Failure Mode - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 08 July 2014 03:59:33PM 0 points [-]

I sorta agree - I guess it depends on how valuable it is to be able to read Philosophy; some (Lukeprog, Eliezer) seem to consider it mostly a waste of time, others don't, and I'm not really qualified to tell.

Comment author: David_Gerard 08 July 2014 04:48:03PM *  2 points [-]

We're talking here specifically about the amateur philosophy, presented with neologisms as if it's original thought, when it simply isn't. You seem to be saying that it's valuable if EY writes about it but not if professional philosophers do - surely that's not what you mean?