Comments by "Jake Johnson" (@ElectronFieldPulse) on "Hegel’s ideobabble is the basis of Marxism and Fascism" video.

@andrewcraig3113 - I think it is all imprecise non sense to be honest. We have understandings of neural nets, and once those understandings are fleshed out more, we will have a mathematically sound way of describing our thoughts. The natural sciences have basically replaced philosophy for all intents and purposes. The only thing which is real are the hard sciences. Fields make particles, particles make atoms, atoms make molecules, molecules make macroscopic objects. The brain runs on neurons interacting via electromagnetism and data correlation through complex neural nets. You can see how neural nets evolved from simple layers which reacted to and encoded stimuli all the way up to the neocortex. Philosophy described extremely vague and imprecise ideas about abstract ideas, they are practically worthless in the modern age. That is why philosophy drastically decreases after the natural sciences rose to prominence. They are living on borrowed time already
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@andrewcraig3113 - Ethics are malleable and completely subjective depending on the goal and parameter restraint. For now, it is a good fit for philosophy because philosophy lives in the margins of science. At some point, we will have a powerful enough model to quantitatively ask AI something like “Give me an ethical system which maximizes human health, minimizes crime, maximizes production, maximizes interpersonal harmony, etc…” Philosophy reminds me a lot of religion, living in the gaps of our scientific knowledge while having absolutely no firm foundation. It really is living on borrowed time
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@TheGiantMidget - Oh god, now philosophy has value for being spiritual? Ya, this is why no one takes it seriously
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@TheGiantMidget - Because we have taken care of all of our needs to such an extent that people no longer have to strive for survival. Part of being human and being fulfilled is the struggle to live and live better. That is why things like exercise helps tremendously with things like depression. We used to do physical tasks all the time so we naturally were far less depressed. If you could get all the lazy and obese citizens to get off of their ass and start exercising vigorously, the majority of them would see their depression go away. So, it isn’t materialism, it is living in a comfortable society. It is easily remedied by exercise and certain other activities, so it has nothing to do with “materialism” or a lack of abstract moral codes dubiously provided by philosophy. Perhaps read the scientific literature if you want a better idea, since it does a far better job than philosophy in explaining it. I am guessing you have no interest in doing so because science requires an actual understanding which is tethered to reality, so you can’t just patter on with metaphysical mumbo jumbo and have none of it verified with empirical studies. Science requires actual intelligence, philosophy not so much.
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