>be me, expert on biochemistry and medicine
>develop a cure for cancer in my lab, already tested and confirmed in several experiments, ready to be released
>suddenly a philosopher enters (no idea how he got there, he probably confused the security guards with some logic puzzle)
>he tells me that science is merely applied philosophy and the scientific method is epistemologically unclean
>the problem of induction means we can never know anything for sure
>all scientific knowledge is merely as valid as arbitrary belief
>I'm visibly shaking
>my entire world view is breaking apart
>how did I ever waste so much time in this lab if it's worth nothing at all??
>the cure for cancer means nothing anymore when it can't be deduced from epistemological first principles
>I immediately destroy all my research and go to the library to read deep philosophical texts about postcolonial intersectional queer feminism instead
