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Re:What If PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological? Evidenc... by naasking on Saturday June 11, 2016 @05:01PM (#11885306)
> Pontificating over unanswerable questions is little more than a waste of time.

You clearly don't understand philosophy. Some philosophers like hearing their own voice talk about such questions, just like some physicists are themselves crackpots. Most philosophers are trying to properly define an otherwise ill-defined subject, and the only way to do that is via various types of thought experiments, just like Einstein did when he formulated his theory of relativity. Or did you not know that science is natural philosophy?

Re:What If PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological? Evidenc... by gnaritas on Sunday June 12, 2016 @10:31AM (#11888232)
Seems you didn't really digest what I said, I understand philosophy just fine. You've quoted one sentence out of context and pretended I said all philosophy is wasting time on unanswerable questions, I didn't. Additionally your last sentence makes it utterly clear you didn't actually read my entire reply as I said philosophy's greatest achievement was science, so to ask if I know science is natural philosophy is a dead giveaway you're not paying attention at all.
Re:What If PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological? Evidenc... by naasking on Sunday June 12, 2016 @09:02PM (#11891134)
I commented on that specific line because that exact sentiment is all too common, and entirely unjustified.
Re:What If PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological? Evidenc... by gnaritas on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:08PM (#11897121)
And I just justified it. "Unanswerable questions" != philosophy, I was critiquing a subset of philosophy, the useless subset, like arguments for God's existence, useless nonsense asking meaningless questions.