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A comment on Concerning Stephen Hawking’s Claim That Philosophy Is Dead (2012) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Concerning Stephen Hawking’s Claim That Philosophy Is De... by GFK_of_xmaspast on Friday December 16, 2016 @09:30AM (#13193432)
> When science achieves quantifiable improvements to average human lifespan

You mean like it's done over the last couple hundred years?

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Re:Concerning Stephen Hawking’s Claim That Philosophy Is De... by hakakadera on Friday December 16, 2016 @12:06PM (#13194732)
> You mean like it's done over the last couple hundred years?

Yes, imagine the world before penicillin and after it. They are not the same.

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