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> Philosophy does not have much utility nowadays.

I have no idea what you mean by this.

> Scientists should stop pretending that it does.

Science and philosophy are two entirely different fields. Very few people are both. Whatever scientists think about philosophical topics carries no more weight than what anyone else thinks about philosophical topics.




Maybe astrology should be an academic field also and scientists should not mock it?




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