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Re:A Philosopher Every Programmer Should Know: Susanne K. La... by _ikke_ on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @04:19AM (#2732983)
Obligatory xkcd reference: http://xkcd.com/876/

Sometimes you can go too far in questioning everything to get any practical result.

Re:A Philosopher Every Programmer Should Know: Susanne K. La... by paganel on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @10:15AM (#2733982)
> Sometimes you can go too far in questioning everything to get any practical result.

That's the thing, philosophy doesn't have to be practical, it stands by itself above everything else, with maybe only Maths as a worthy companion. You can either make fun of this, like Aristophanes already did 2,500 years ago in The Clouds, or you can take it as it is.