This is a huge reason for philosophy's ongoing journey into irrelevance. Both scientists and philosophers have become over-specialized and tend to presume compe

This is a huge reason for philosophy's ongoing journey into irrelevance. Both scientists and philosophers have become over-specialized and tend to presume competency in one gives competency in another. They are not only different subjects, but require very different modes of thought and background knowledge that often cause the experts in each sphere to talk completely past one another. Each demands that that all arguments submit to the peculiar rigor within their own discipline, causing ground-level miscommunication and exasperation.