Figs in Winter
Sep 23, 2024

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Alex, it’s easy to cherry pick damning examples. Would you like me to give you some from the history of science? How about eugenics and the atom bomb? Concerned about climate change? It comes courtesy of a combination of science and greed. I could go on and on.

That’s why we need philosophy (wisdom) and science (knowledge). The first one without the latter is ineffective; the second without the former is destructive.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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