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Yes, you certainly could state that. I think the point is that the french fry cook is much less likely to have an outsized influence on public policy compared t
by usefulcat 10y ago
Yes, you certainly could state that. I think the point is that the french fry cook is much less likely to have an outsized influence on public policy compared to the philosopher/professor/pundit.
- wfo 10y agoAnd, in particular, there are many, many more french fry cooks than philosophers. So the french fry cook understands the perspective of a larger proportion of people in the world than the philosopher does. Or so the argument goes. I'd disagree -- a large part of academic education, the humanities, is about learning to understand the perspectives of others. I'd say the philosopher understands the french fry cook's perspective better than vice versa, and that the philosopher is better positioned to misunderstand /less/ across all walks of life (though misunderstanding is inevitable) than most everyone else. For intellectuals trained exclusively in STEM/social science who sprint from the humanities as quickly as humanly possible, yes the critique is spot on.