Philosophy? Let me tell you about my philosophy!

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Lately I turned from materialism to idealism after some reading of tantric indian concepts, where the consistence and persistence of our world is explained through endlessness and omnipotence of god's conscience which is dreaming constantly of every object in the universe... Now I see that I never had no utter evidence of materia existing on it's own, away from that cosmic dream)

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Dont really know much about philosophy but one quote I like: Respect for the rights of others means peace

don't know if i can translate it right, that's my motto
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Philosophy wasn't exactly my favourite subject in high school (not least for having a rather poor teacher), but a few philosophers caught my attention, such as Epicurus; while 'epicurean' is often used as a pejorative term I was very interested by his concepts of ataraxia and aponia and by his reflections on the gods.

Too complex matter for simple minded me
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my philosophy is to not enter for rare&expensive games that I don't absolutely and immediately want ^^

Used to dabble a bit in the old existentialism/ontology stuff. Had to back off from it before being driven batshit crazy. However, I suspect that some of it "took" anyway. :D

I recently got really into this series which talks about different philosophers and different philosophies throughout history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_CAkYt3GY&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNgK6MZucdYldNkMybYIHKR

Crash course has videos for a lot of different subjects and I've been watching them because they are pretty well done. Some people think they talk a little too fast when they explain things but I think it's energetic and very entertaining as well as educational.

I find that there is little room for philosophy in the realm of practical questions, as it has largely been replaced by science.

For example, it has become quite clear that there is no "purpose" to life other than reproduction and that our ability to contemplate and question things and come up with concepts, etc. is just an unintended side effect of evolving big brains because of their benefit to reproduction. At the same time, it is clear that these big brains are not satisfied with just managing survival and reproduction and require other stimulation. This raises a few seemingly philosophical questions.

First, should our species continue to exist? If there's no purpose to life but our brains demand one, should we just kill off our entire species? But this is not a practical question, because even if the answer was "yes", it would be impossible to implement.

Thus, we have no choice but to continue existing, and face another question - How should we exist, ideally? This is also not a practical question. Science tells us that any answer other than "With the best possible quality of life" makes no sense given how our brains work.

This raises the obvious question of what does quality of life mean. But this is not a philosophical question. Our brains constrain us, and we must answer this question using neurology and behavioural sciences. And the answer is that we need to maintain our bodies (air, water, food, temperature control, rest, medicine, hygiene, sex) and maintain our brains (safety and stability, social connections and love, mental health, entertainment, meaningful achievements, purpose in life). And for best results, we need to live in societies that are fair, just, high on trust and high on equality.

So the next question is how to achieve all that? Again we turn to science, which lets us figure out how people respond to various public policies and how they behave in various situations, most importantly when given power. So we must theorize and experiment so as to find ever better ways of organizing society.

And with that, we've covered much of what philosophy is nominally about without actually using it. Things don't get any better when we venture into another traditional bulwark of philosophy - understanding the universe. Given how much information in this area has already been uncovered by science, the only sensible response to questions we can't yet answer is "Keep advancing science until we get an answer".

And so, we're left with very little outside the purely theoretical for philosophy to deal with. In fact, I can't even come up with any examples. And since I'm fascinated primarily by the large-scale practical problems that humanity faces and their solutions, I find myself quite disinterested in philosophy.

I tend to avoid philosophy since I get all tangled in explanations and riled up when defending my point of view. ;)

Philosophy for the sake of philosophy is a waste of time. I prefer discussions that factor for real world implications.

If I had to state my favourite school of thought and the one I most subscribe to, I would choose utilitarianism because I believe personal rights and freedoms are less important than society as a whole.

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"I know that I know nothing"

One of my all-time favourite quotes.
I don't know shit, you don't know shit.
Educate yourself, try new things, educate others, try to understand one another, try to understand the "bigger picture" and so on..

Or in other words; I guess all we can do is try and learn shit about shit, so maybe not everything shitty is so shitty in the end? ¯_(ツ)_/¯