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minus-squaresab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI guess people tend to look to astronomers for information about space, while the Fermi paradox probably borders more on philosophy than on astronomy. And in a lot of people minds philosophers are not real scientists, unlike astronomers.
minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoScience and Philosophy might not be exactly the same thing, but there is a lot of overlap, and a lot of people who do both.
minus-squareDrRatsolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoAn overwhelming portion of what is hard science now was probably in the domain of philosophy once.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYou don’t even have to go very far back to hit a time when scientists were called “natural philosophers”.
minus-squareKnusper@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd “philosopher” is just Ancient Greek for “lover of wisdom”.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoScience is generally a superset of philosophy if you try hard enough…
I guess people tend to look to astronomers for information about space, while the Fermi paradox probably borders more on philosophy than on astronomy. And in a lot of people minds philosophers are not real scientists, unlike astronomers.
Science and Philosophy might not be exactly the same thing, but there is a lot of overlap, and a lot of people who do both.
An overwhelming portion of what is hard science now was probably in the domain of philosophy once.
You don’t even have to go very far back to hit a time when scientists were called “natural philosophers”.
And “philosopher” is just Ancient Greek for “lover of wisdom”.
Science is generally a superset of philosophy if you try hard enough…