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rapidscout8 said:Like, why do you even need "true" when being a philosopher is enough?
I was just pointing out that the whole phrase is totally redundant.
mistyscout2 said:What I was actually getting at is that some questions just don't have answers because they aren't framed correctly to begin with. The kind of answer we end up with really just depends on how we choose to ask things.
I also think that certain questions—the ones that are actually well-constructed—are meant to act more like guides rather than things demanding a straight answer. Sometimes, a question exists just to help us stumble upon even clearer, better questions. In a way, you'll find that the answer is often already tucked away inside the question itself.
rapidscout8 said:So, what do you call the ones who aren't "real" then? 🤷
Look, we all sit around playing philosopher sometimes, but that doesn't mean we actually *are* philosophers.
Wait, who gets to be the judge of whether a question is "flawed"? If the person supposed to provide the answer decides it's bad, does that automatically make it a good question just because it was evaluated?
Honestly, I’d argue there are way more wrong answers to perfectly good questions than there are right answers to bad ones.
mistyscout2 said:The thing is, though, hardly anyone even knows how to ask the right question in the first place.
Andrew Brown5 said:Where does one even begin with philosophy? Honestly, I’d start by looking inward. The biggest questions and most profound mysteries are usually the ones we pose to ourselves first...