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Re:What, exactly, do philosophers do? by sillysaurus3 on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:41PM (#15278379)
It's also bogus. If there is one theme repeated over and over, from Aristotle to modern-day philosophers, it's that a philosopher is so much smarter than any other group, and that it's a humble sacrifice to go work in a field that won't pay very well.

The vast majority of philosophers don't advance the field in any meaningful way.

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Re:What, exactly, do philosophers do? by Osmium on Monday September 18, 2017 @03:57PM (#15278964)
> The vast majority of philosophers don't advance the field in any meaningful way.

The vast majority of people in any field don't advance the field in any meaningful way.

(Agree with both yourself and the OP: with great respect for philosophers, comparisons of 'relative smartness' of one field over another is not helpful or particularly meaningful.)

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