The "Those of us who frequent this forum" thread

[Anvil]

Originally Posted by LORD_RED_DRAGON

See what I mean?

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

Originally Posted by AnvilSnake

See what I mean?

[Norsemaiden]

LRD and me get on just fine.

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

Originally Posted by Norsemaiden

LRD and me get on just fine.

[ARC150]

Who I am, at present:
I live in Seattle, USA.
I design and produce video games (mostly for the AGB and NDS).


Why I am on a metal forum:
I love metal - I, as many here, listen to different genres of music, but metal is what I love. This is me onstage with Vulgarizer - I am the pretty one on the left:


Why I am on the Philosopher forum:
I love philosophy - I even have a degree in it (you should be aware of this since it means all my views are right ).

That should be enough for the moment.

[Hubster]

Originally Posted by ARC150

I love philosophy - I even have a degree in it (you should be aware of this since it means all my views are right )

LOL, love it

[infoterror]

Originally Posted by ARC150

I love philosophy - I even have a degree in it (you should be aware of this since it means all my views are right

To what do you attribute the interesting lack of any world-changing philosophy from academia in over forty years?

[speed]

Originally Posted by infoterror

To what do you attribute the interesting lack of any world-changing philosophy from academia in over forty years?

Academia itself discourages new and interesting ideas.

[infoterror]

Originally Posted by speed

Academia itself discourages new and interesting ideas.

(drinks)

Academia is a business like any other. A popularity contest, not a judgment of what is right.

Anyway, onward to the end of the world.

[ARC150]

Originally Posted by infoterror

To what do you attribute the interesting lack of any world-changing philosophy from academia in over forty years?

Short answer: I don't know.

I am curious about the "40 year" stipulation - what would you say was the last "world-changing philosophy?" I don't disagree with you, I am just having trouble thinking of anything that occurred so recently.

My big three for world-changing are Aristotle, Newton and Freud. These are people who radically changed the way we conceptualize the world. (There are others, to be sure [Plato, Descartes, Hume, Marx, Darwin, Einstein, to name a few].)

Is it possible that such wide-sweeping - and as such, world-changing - philosophy is no longer possible? Are we at a point that there is only the possibility of a deeper understanding of general ideas already put forth?

Again, I don't know.

I would say that, at this point, men like Craig Venter (gene sequencing's poster boy) and Edward Mitton (M Theory) are the ones currently changing the way we view the world.