but will philosophy remain? — Anaxagoras
Yes, people will always love wisdom.
It might be a different type of wisdom though. — Sir2u
Right but the inquiries that we all seek and share here will be lost. — Anaxagoras
The contemplative "does God exist" or "I think therefore I am" will too, be lost in the rubble of human civilization. — Anaxagoras
True, it would be a different type of wisdom but it would seem that the investigative inquiries and all of the historical elements that make up modern philosophical thought will be all lost. — Anaxagoras
What you're proposing has already happened, and here we are. — whollyrolling
No it hasn't. I'm talking about a catastrophe with all of our knowledge, and technology as we have today because it is from technology that we have advanced much in philosophical knowledge regarding the world. — Anaxagoras
Philosophy doesn't require technology, and technology hasn't advanced philosophy, it's made it less useful. What would a "knowledge and technology catastrophe" look like? — whollyrolling
Philosophy doesn't require technology, — whollyrolling
The burning of the Alexandria library was a technological and philosophical catastrophe, and it didn't make philosophy disappear. Short of extinction, there's nothing to stop philosophy in its tracks. — whollyrolling
Technology doesn't philosophize, and technology can't save us from cataclysm indefinitely. — whollyrolling
Technology is an extension of man's thought. You destroy that you destroy every trace of man's genius. Again, we are talking about a catastrophe. — Anaxagoras
Technology is the result of man's intelligence/intellect, not an extension of it. — Sir2u
Man created the technology from nothing and if humanity one day ends up with no technology then it will start all over again. — Sir2u
Depends on which humans survive. If a catastrophe happens and people like the Sentinelese survive I doubt we will see technology of our kind again. — Anaxagoras
I don't see how there isn't an extension of thought/intellect/intelligence in a building designed by an architect. — Anaxagoras
Depends on which humans survive. If a catastrophe happens and people like the Sentinelese survive I doubt we will see technology of our kind again. — Anaxagoras
Why? 10,000 years ago we were all like the Sentinelese. And yet here we are now. — Michael
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