QUOTE: David:
"but dont worry, in terms of usefulness, philosophy will always be WAY behind science"
-No argument there. Philosophy will never run computers, toast your bread in the morning, or make nuclear weapons, or pollute, or do any of the other lovely things we associate with science and technology. Of course, when it comes to major, life-altering crisis time (or any major decision for that matter), which are you going to turn to? Can science tell you which type of government is best, or how to balance rights and security? Can science determine whether or not to go to war with Iraq? What in science tells us that the cause of the student demonstrators in Iran is right? Do we turn to science for comfort in times of great tragedy? Does science tell us how we ought to live?
I can only speak for myself, of course, but if forced to choose between living without the advancements of science or those of philosophy, it would be a cold day in hell indeed before I chose to keep science.
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