> Remember that some of the greatest scientists and mathematicians lived when all of it was just philosophy. Not really. Galileo and Newton turned philosophy i

> Remember that some of the greatest scientists and mathematicians lived when all of it was just philosophy. Not really. Galileo and Newton turned philosophy into science by doing experiments, and scientists never looked back. Science differs from philosophy by being steered -- defined -- by empirical evidence, and by falsifiability, the idea that any idea must be testable against reality and must be discarded if the test fails. That's certainly not philosophy. > It's not saying "can we prove it" it's saying "let's think about creative ways to prove it if we can get a little lax about the scientific method." There's no middle ground such as you're suggesting here. There's no overlap between science and philosophy. They are distinct ways of processing ideas. One of them must be compared to reality at every turn.