Trial by Fire Philosophy

Many who are into philosophy, myself included, like to make fun of famous scientists for not understanding it. It is the classic phenomena of experts in one field making bad statements about a field they aren&rsquo;t familiar with. (sidenote: There&rsquo;s even some philosophy about it: &ldquo; Experts, Public Policy, and the Question of Trust &rdquo;. 1 ) When someone like Stephen Hawking says…