Grayscale
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I've found that they can be philosophical, but you have to be really sneaky about getting it into their lives. The best way is to make it relevant to them. They don't see how it's relevant to their lives because it isn't immediately obvious how it can be applied. So you take them around in real life, and show them working examples of things we have that stemmed from philosophical understandings (but just explain it, don't let them know it's related to that at first or they'll shut down). Eventually they'll start to realize that these patterns of thought really are relevant to furthering our understanding of reality, and dispelling perceptual illusions. It can take quite a while, and you have to be patient with them, letting them do something else if they start to get bored.
What do you think?
i see "philosophy" as one end of a gradient... the other being science.
to put it simply, i do not mind philosophy that is so far into the black that all it has almost no correlation to reality, i just have a hard time benefiting from seeing other people do it. i even enjoy participating in it myself when im in the mood... but past mental masturbation, i dont think it serves a purpose.
what i do hate, though, is when a "philosophical" topic is grounded enough for me to know that it's far too useless to get a return on the effort required to discuss it.