I agree this is a problem. In retrospect, reading Yudkowsky's Sequences was far more valuable to me than reading various pre-1900 philosophers' works firsthand.

I agree this is a problem. In retrospect, reading Yudkowsky's Sequences was far more valuable to me than reading various pre-1900 philosophers' works firsthand.

https://twitter.com/PradyuPrasad/status/1757745612072894477

Depends on the philosophy being mentioned, still cannot compare chemistry to Alchemy infact chemistry were considered charlatans and thieves who stole from the alchemists or tried to copy a particular process but instead created something else.