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Philosophy is just applied existential crisis
When people take it too seriously it’s more like herded anxiety.
Yeah, pretty much. Philosophy people can be helpful though, their idea processing systems are fairly robust, and unlike a statistician or scientist, they sort of end up with a side-specialization in communication. Which is extremely valuable these days.
One of my philosophy professors described philosophy as a bunch of people trying to convince themselves they’re not nuts.
An existential crisis and it’s only a Monday, tell me I’m alive
Philosophy being reduced to only pondering about existential questions is a tragedy of misrepresentation. Philosophy is the study of thinking, and that covers a very wide range of topics.
I do not believe asking questions should be labeled as a crisis.
The other way around makes more sense IMO: “An existential crisis is just applied philosophy.”