I find this very inaccurate since it implies that both philosophy, metaphysics, theology and science are looking for the same black cat in the same dark room. Furthermore I don’t think either of the first three are something to be sniffed at, which I think this meme also does.
I found the over thinker!
Since when is pointing out a flawed allegory overthinking?
Science is your religion by the sound of it.
As a metaphysics guy, my only question is “then what the fuck is yowling and scratching at my legs.”
Science is more like having a laser pointer. Through careful application and repetition, you could technically infer something about the location of the cat. But the cat moves around constantly and doesn’t like you being there, and you only have limited time to do it, because the funding for your cat-finding project is about to run out.
@NichEherVielleicht Philosophy is telling the scientist how to use a ‘flashlight’ in the first place and this whole setup is metaphysics. Even a theologist would know that.
A $45,000,000,000.00 flashlight that maybe saw a cat like thing. They’ll need three more to be certain.
I’d say instead of just “using a flashlight”, you’re “following a plan in which the first step is to get a flashlight.” And you’re fine if you’re wrong and there wasn’t a cat there in the first place
