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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Philosophy is often more like looking for things that can't be seen with a flashlight but hypothesizing that they must exist and proving it logically.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Philosophy is determining that there is, probably, a cat in the room. And science is using a flashlight to find it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Sci-fi is a little more about theorizing science before it gets there. I feel like philosophy is more like: "Why are we looking for the cat?"

It ascribes meaning to the actions that science makes possible. I can find that cat if I use science. But why do I want the cat and what will I do once I have it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

But sometimes philosophy is also like not knowing that flashlights exist and looking for a cat in the dark, sadly.