If philosophers wouldn’t exist without forcing others to give them money, then that reinforces their worthlessness. After all, someone’s usefulness is by definition how much others are willing to give for something they do, and for philosophers that quantity seems to be $0. Sciences seem to have no such problem with voluntary funding, bell labs is a great example.
If you went to a school where STEM students were forced to take a humanities course but humanities students did not have to take a calculus sequence, then you experienced the thing I described.
>After all, someone’s usefulness is by definition how much others are willing to give for something they do, and for philosophers that quantity seems to be $0.
I can only repeat my point so many times, this is exactly the outlook on life I find to be sad and ignorant. Philosophy doesn't poof into non-existence when it isn't supported by taxes, it becomes a playground for the rich and the rich get to decide what schools of thought are worth pursuing.
>If you went to a school where STEM students were forced to take a humanities course but humanities students did not have to take a calculus sequence, then you experienced the thing I described.
I did not view it as forced to take humanities courses, but as an opportunity to take humanities courses. I will also say that, if my memory serves, those humanities students were forced to take certain math courses (Algebra & Statistics). I agree that those same students would benefit greatly from being "forced" to take calculus courses - there are number of interesting philosophical concepts covered in calculus.
And I don’t care what kind of useless endeavours that rich people want to pursue as long as they’re not forcing others to pay for it.
There is virtually no connection between math and philosophy. If you decompose a “mathematical philosophy” textbook into its mathematical and philosophical components you will quickly see which part is wasting paper.
If you went to a school where STEM students were forced to take a humanities course but humanities students did not have to take a calculus sequence, then you experienced the thing I described.