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They qualify this to an extent:

> broadly the point of philosophy

> In extremely simplistic historical terms

It doesn't mean that all areas have been proven, or that they all will be.

It is often that topics of philosophy have generated real outcomes, it may very well seem that philosophy -> real world outcome.

And consider the forum. It's not as if this is a university course in philosophy.

You seem to have found one thing to nitpick and ignored the rest of the response. Respectfully, I suggest you hang the ax back up, and stop pushing the pedal on the stone.




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