The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago"Earth-like"startrek.websiteimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down115
arrow-up1484arrow-down1image"Earth-like"startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareCarbonIceDragonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoScience and Philosophy might not be exactly the same thing, but there is a lot of overlap, and a lot of people who do both.
minus-squareDrRatso@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAn overwhelming portion of what is hard science now was probably in the domain of philosophy once.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYou don’t even have to go very far back to hit a time when scientists were called “natural philosophers”.
minus-squareKnusper@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd “philosopher” is just Ancient Greek for “lover of wisdom”.
Science and Philosophy might not be exactly the same thing, but there is a lot of overlap, and a lot of people who do both.
An overwhelming portion of what is hard science now was probably in the domain of philosophy once.
You don’t even have to go very far back to hit a time when scientists were called “natural philosophers”.
And “philosopher” is just Ancient Greek for “lover of wisdom”.