/lit/ - Literature

>>22026436
Based and Humepilled.

Take the Hume pill.

Was Hume based?

What do people who really dig deep into philosophy get out of it?

When I try to read philosophical texts I often feel like I'm just adding extra layers of impractical befuddlement and pointless systems of thought to my brain, when I would be better off investing my energies (supposedly the average human brain only has about fours a day in which it can engage in serious focus) into something that improves my long-term lot in life, or increases my competence in creative/artistic pursuits. Philosophy when read by non-philosophers is basically a consumptive hobby, when the most meaningful hobbies are ones in which you create something lasting.

I think a lot of it has to do with people trying to find "one weird trick" to living, or the socially/sexually/economically ostracised feeling better about themselves by cultivating the ability to engage in intellectual one-upmanship in lieu of living a good life.

t. brainlet