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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's not about whether or not the meme is dismissive of philosophy. It's that the writer clearly doesn't understand the basics of these fields and the kinds of questions they ask/answer, including science. Heck metaphysics isn't even a separate field, it's a sub-field of philosophy.