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Random rant because I'm bored.
Sep. 10th, 2007 10:04 pmWhat I hate today: Philosphy.
Or possibly more accurately, philosophers. I've never met one who had anything useful to say that couldn't be gleaned from empirical research in the field of psychology. In fact, some of them even just discount psychology alltogether, even though philosophy was the grandfather of modern psychology. Psychology is philosphy with scientific evidence.
But back to having nothing useful to say. Great minds may think great thoughts, but great thoughts are not great deeds. Practical application is the key. Which brings me to where much of what I hear philosophers say falls apart. They expect humans to "awaken" and be "aware" and "concious of their thoughts and actions" in a way humans have never been.
We all know the definition of insanity, right? Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result? What insanity leads these people to believe that people, as a whole (individuals may accomplish such things, I concede, but not as a whole) will be something that they have never been? They propose that people must change. When have people ever changed, in all the history of the world, when they weren't forced to? That reluctance to change is what fuels the fearmongering in the US and elsewhere in the world; the fear that the status quo might have to change.
One friend (he's not on livejournal, I'll just friends lock the post, just in case...) I have who I seldom talk to anymore, is working on inventing his own religion and a language to go along with it, and he always talks about this religion of his as if it's the only truth. I don't know how much time he spends on this language, but i can't help but wonder Why? What is the purpose behind this? What does this do to better the human race, or fellow man? It's not even entertaining. I mean, I write too, but I aim to entertain as well as explore a theme.
This is comepletely disjointed; I'm too tired to organize it into something coherent. I'm a writer, I feel like I'm betraying my nature. Whatever.
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Or possibly more accurately, philosophers. I've never met one who had anything useful to say that couldn't be gleaned from empirical research in the field of psychology. In fact, some of them even just discount psychology alltogether, even though philosophy was the grandfather of modern psychology. Psychology is philosphy with scientific evidence.
But back to having nothing useful to say. Great minds may think great thoughts, but great thoughts are not great deeds. Practical application is the key. Which brings me to where much of what I hear philosophers say falls apart. They expect humans to "awaken" and be "aware" and "concious of their thoughts and actions" in a way humans have never been.
We all know the definition of insanity, right? Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result? What insanity leads these people to believe that people, as a whole (individuals may accomplish such things, I concede, but not as a whole) will be something that they have never been? They propose that people must change. When have people ever changed, in all the history of the world, when they weren't forced to? That reluctance to change is what fuels the fearmongering in the US and elsewhere in the world; the fear that the status quo might have to change.
One friend (he's not on livejournal, I'll just friends lock the post, just in case...) I have who I seldom talk to anymore, is working on inventing his own religion and a language to go along with it, and he always talks about this religion of his as if it's the only truth. I don't know how much time he spends on this language, but i can't help but wonder Why? What is the purpose behind this? What does this do to better the human race, or fellow man? It's not even entertaining. I mean, I write too, but I aim to entertain as well as explore a theme.
This is comepletely disjointed; I'm too tired to organize it into something coherent. I'm a writer, I feel like I'm betraying my nature. Whatever.
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