Thursday, May 12, 2011

Philo/Poli

Disclaimer: This is admittedly a generalization, which prescribes that there exists a significant number of exceptions.

I'm slowly noticing that people who didn't study philosophy like to harp about philosophy more than people who actually went to school for it. Political science majors on the other hand can't stop talking about political science, because they think it holds almost all the questions to practical life in today's society. At least philosophy majors have the sense to know that theories and ideologies aren't necessarily applicable to all facets of life. Sure, they can seem crazy, but at least they generally aren't so ignorant as to fool themselves into believing what they're studying is the meaning of life as we know it.