User:Bo8ob

Hi. I exist, modestly. I have an original thought occasionally, and I can read stuff critically. I'm partial to philosophy, and I wish that science acknowledged its philosophical presuppositions more frequently and fundamentally, but it's still about the best intellectual tool we have, within its proper domain (the physical world, objectified). Sometimes, though, it's pushed beyond its capacity. ---To me, "conventional wisdom" is the consensus of experts, where such exists. That's not always a bad thing, obviously-- take the laws of thermodynamics. The term is generally perjorative, though, and in an apparent "not-me" avoidance, most people seem to get it confused with vulgar ignorance, which is something quite different.