That’s a different topic, but it happens...philosophers have been criticised for entertaining ideas that are too weird, among other things.
Weirdness is not the same thing as previously impossible thought. In the strongest form of “impossible thought” you will not even understand the claim being made enough that it registers with you.
It’s not news that when two or more STEM type are gathered together they will recite the Mantra Against the Philosophers, in the expectation of reaping agreement and maybe even applause.
I’m not sure it makes sense to label people like E.S. Raymond who are proclaim hacker values as STEM types. Raymond isn’t following the popular science narrative of logical positivism that you find with the typical STEM person.
Weirdness is not the same thing as previously impossible thought. In the strongest form of “impossible thought” you will not even understand the claim being made enough that it registers with you.
Whatever. It’s about the third or fourth change of topic.
Weirdness is not the same thing as previously impossible thought. In the strongest form of “impossible thought” you will not even understand the claim being made enough that it registers with you.
I’m not sure it makes sense to label people like E.S. Raymond who are proclaim hacker values as STEM types. Raymond isn’t following the popular science narrative of logical positivism that you find with the typical STEM person.
Whatever. It’s about the third or fourth change of topic.