/lit/ - Literature

>"Is there anybody here who believes in God?"
>nervous silence from the audience
>"I ask again, otherwise I think my job here will be even easier than I assumed it would be."
>the audience laughs nervously
>"Is there anyone here who believes in the divinity of the Muslim, Christian or Jewish religions, and the word of its biblical teachings?"
>guy raises hands
>the audience, shocked, stares at him, with a look on their faces similar to one you'd give a man about to be executed
>"How dare you. I repeat, how DARE you submit to this heavenly totalitarianism, this celestial North Korea! I assume you'd kill your children if God commanded you to?"
>the audience cheers, claps and yells in unison, a festival of mockery ensues. A loud laughter can be heard from those who are already familiar with the big C and knew what to expect. The guy is not given a chance to reply or elaborate on his specific theological views because who cares he's probably stupid anyway. Religion is deemed too stupid for discussion, that particular segment of the entire event is uploaded separately on youtube under the title "Sean Carroll absolutely fucking OWNS stupid religious audience member who thinks Hod made the universe" by the user ReasonAndScience. Careoll is hailed as one of the greatest scientists since Newton. Atheism prevails, Religion fails, sorry, deal with it, bye bye.

Why are modern day scientists better at philosophy than modern day philosophers?

Guys like pic related are publishing books that have far more insight into ontology and other fundamental issues than any philosopher. Why is this?