>>12831404Yes, and I say that as a math grad student.
>>12831540t. low IQ pop-sci retard
I know you'll probably argue with that, but your post sounds laughably retarded to anyone who actually works in science or math in an academic capacity, and it's pretty obvious that you are talking out of your ass. I literally don't know a single competent and successful scientist or mathematician who isn't philosophically inclined and educated. Maybe in engineering, and some of the more applied fields. But even there, most people are going to know basic philosophy (even if they kind of suck ass at it). Even in applied fields like bioinformatics or network security, the people I know who work in these fields with PhDs are philosophically inclined and educated. For instance, even a field like bioinformatics incorporates a lot of ideas concerning boolean algebra/logic, reductionism, causality, inference under uncertainty, fuzzy thinking, etc. Similarly, network security, applied cryptography, etc. are often directly engaged with concepts from cooperative+competitive game theory, epistemic logic, social philosophy (e.g. Paul Syverson's work on the Tor network emerged from his philosophical work game theory with both epistemic logic and the study of social interaction).
If you look at more abstract and theoretical fields like physics, mathematics, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, etc. the connection with philosophy is even stronger and more direct. For instance, in physics and mathematics the Langlands Program, SUSY, and the standard model are both intimately connected with questions of Platonism and scientific realism. Theoretical computer science and certain areas pure mathematics like formal logic, literally emerged from philosophy, and are still centered around fundamental questions of logic, information processing, and epistemology. Statistics and probability are both intimately connected to the study of valid inference, reasoning under uncertainty, learning, etc.
