He is less of a commitment than other philosophers. Just jump on youtube and pick one, typically under 5 minutes and it should only take 1 to see if he is for you or not.
Personally I think he is for everyone but maybe they aren't ready for him.
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I used to follow that guy on TikTok. Spoof guru is very funny but idk if I'd categorize it as philosophy 🤣
Is he right? Is he sharing a useful message that can improve your life if you don't already know it?
How do you define philosophy? I'd argue that it makes you a better philosopher if you drop the trappings of gravitas and speak to the people on their level. Even more so that he addresses problems people face in their day to day lives instead of existential things that are hard to apply in the real world.
I'd define philosophy as something that makes me think in an existential way, so yea a big part of why I don't think of him as a philosopher is the lack of existentialism 😅
It's ok! Philosophy isn't for everyone and he is very funny and I appreciated him a lot when I was on TikTok.
Literal definition of philosophy: the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
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Your boss is not your friend, hidden knowledge about the reality of existence usually obscured by the common courtesy we all attempt to practice.
Yea I think that sounds like psychology, another very interesting field but not one I spend much time analyzing 🤷♀️
Why do you need him to be a philosopher so badly?
Why do you need philosophy to be detached from day to day life so badly.
Let's get back to the old days of Diogenes bringing a plucked chicken to Plato's school.
Diogenes was literally making a commentary on the Plato's definition of man. This is a fundamental conversation in philosophy which is again, the study of knowledge, reality, and existence.
It sounds like you don't like philosophy and also don't like the definition of philosophy. I find it very attached to my day to day life because I love studying philosophy and regularly am contemplating it. I don't need or want it detached from everyday life and it's weird you suggest that, most of my content is philosophy related.
Maybe it's not in your everyday life because you're not into it. That's fine, but it's weird to try and change the definition of it so you can claim you are. Idk probably some interesting psychology that might explain that 🤷♀️
I never said I disliked philosophy. I just don't like definitions and practice styles that restrict the practice to people near the top of Maslow's hierarchy.
Why should we define philosophy as something for the already successful in other ways? You narrow the possible range of philosophical ideas presented by excluding those people. Does excluding certain peoples ideas improve philosophy or hurt it?
I'm not even sure what we're talking about anymore. I shared that I like watching philosophy videos in the morning, you like watching TikTok content. It's just preferences, both are fine but they are different things. Good luck dude 👍
I've never used tiktok. I said I like Self Help Singh. Did you know he has a book?
I'm just asking a bunch of questions. They put Socrates to death so I guess this is a pretty kind response all things considered.
Mostly I want to understand why so many people have an ivory tower view of philosophy. There is a mold they expect it to fit into. If Diogenes can run around with a plucked chicken for sarcastic shock effect and be included, then Singh's swearing shouldn't exclude him. So what is it?