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Philosophy is genuinely a fantastic subject to study and I have no idea why school curriculums don't reflect this
Stupid people are easier to control.
I mean also I studied philosophy and have had no regrets. It's awesome and fascinating and rich and appeals to the fact that you just know that the world doesn't really make sense
I had a philosophy class on my 3rd year in HS. And I hated it, but only because it was imparted by a bitter and deeply religious old man whose lectures were basically "let me tell you why this philosopher was an idiot and a bad person" when anything challenged his views.
This was, of course, a private Catholic highschool. But, to be fair, he was the only teacher there that was like that. We even had decent sex-ed, taught by an actual doctor.
Well yeah I suspect that's part of the reason it's slipped out of the curriculum. Shit teachers co-opted it for religion
i actually took this as a course in college, everyone should it will open up to religions as well. i would loved to take more, but by the second course of with the same instructor, i couldnt not focus in a morning class. luckily his class was easy enough that you could do everything as a WFH assignment. both courses i took easily shouldve been more than 1 semester each, too much to cover in short semester.
It gives you critical thinking skills, which are already in quite short supply...
It's unlikely you will invent anything new in it, just watch a video on some philosophy, and move on.
This is very good trolling and I took a second
Tf you mean trolling? I'm serious. The average person does not have time for Philosophy, they have to survive. Your average, everyday person will not benefit much from studying philosophy, as they know the important basics already.
You aren't likely to develop an unique philosophy either, that is rich people stuff.
Ok ok fine I'll bite. Studying philosophy is a matter of refining your approach to problems, not memorising what some gnarled old Greek dude thought 2000 years ago
Also literally everyone has a unique philosophy.
I suppose that's true, but I don't have the energy to think about it.
Well yeah, because you didn't study it at school and so it doesn't come as naturally as it might
I had a volunteer assigned to me, I learned everything, and within a week, I didn't know it again.
I could never keep up, as I always wrote down slower, and so was left behind.
I was jealous, and did try to study.
For some reason, whenever you have something wrong with you, people just assume it's because you did something, or you didn't try hard enough.
No, I was always just worse than others at everything I do.
Well opinions on this differ, but I think it's a process, not a body of knowledge. You learn to apply the process...
Well, just because you think I can do something about it, just because you can, does not mean I can too.
I have an entire schedule that is designed for me to devote my life to studying several subjects. I have been experimenting with different approaches to studying under this regime, and also was testing if I can hold 4 streams of thought at once.
I think I can hold 2 at most, maybe 3. But it becomes all chaotic.
Any more than 1 seems too much. Sometimes a whole one is too much
I feel that's what I have to know to be worth almost as much as the average person. If there is any chance it will make me normal, I will learn 12 different subjects.
Slow down, listen to yourself, try to have fun, lol