Mini-Article: Philosophers are not Gods

While humility is important, the understanding of Philosophers as untouchable beacons of knowledge we could never live up to is severely detrimental to both individual and species.

Philosophy of the modern era, as far as I can tell, is the act of finding a viewpoint that aligns with the biases of one's worldview and then attaching oneself to it as a parasitic entity. They use the same language; the same jargon. The same complexification that occurs when a mind that is unable to understand its own operation - through no fault of its own - attempts to perceive beyond itself. All to maintain the charade that their particular chosen Philosophy is definitely the holy grail - comparison to religion entirely intentional. After all, every religion is merely an especially shiny branch of Philosophy.

Perhaps it is because the average human spirit these days has grown so weak that it cannot evolve beyond ideas that were given to it in infancy. In fairness, it usually takes a rather obsessed specialist (read: Autist) such as myself to actually highlight the inadequcies of a system by circumventing it (and taking great pleasure in doing so, if I'm honest).

There are exceptions, of course. Stephen West of the Philosophise This! podcast, is the prime example of someone who looks at the whole concept of Philosophy and its significance across time, including where it may go next. All while making it simple and engaging for the listener. It might just be the best introduction to Philosophy ever made - I cannot recommend it enough! Through this window into the minds of Philosophers I was able to apply the patterns of the Cognitive Functions to them, both them as people and as "agents" so-to-speak, of the higher abstraction of whatever function they were heralding, but at the end of the day, that's all they are - potent expressions of a system of forces that render each and every one them as mere puppets in a big play called Humanity.

It is your birthright to know more than they did.