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How many people on Hacker News have actually studied philosophy? Judging by the top-ranked comments it seems like a) few have studied philosophy seriously, and b) few seem to think there is much value in philosophy.

(And by "seriously", I mean beyond a passing understanding of philosophy of mind. If you haven't read the better part of the canon, including boring folk such as Kant or Descartes, that isn't being serious)



I took a few classes and probably could have written exactly what PG wrote[1] on it.

[1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/philosophy.html




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