thread: 2007-02-26 : Exorcism followthrough
On 2007-03-04, Matt Kimball wrote:
NinJ,
I guess your question is directed to me, but you didn't say. If so, hey, that's kinda like the question I just asked you over in that other thread. Well, I'm not sure my belief in free will actually gets me anything. It might make me slightly more optimistic, but mostly philosophy is just entertainment to me.
I saw "Zodiac" on Friday night, and I liked it. I was like—hooboy, that Graysmith guy is obsessed, but good for him, I'll root for him because there is something I admire in that. It's pretty much the same when I read Chalmers' papers. I'm an odd Monkey like that, I guess.
People have made arguments that philosophy is worth doing because every once in a while something will breaking out into a new field which is actually useful for something. They might be right. I don't expect my armchair philosophy work will do that, though.
