I studied philosophy and I became too good at arguing I lost all of my friends and now I’m a social misfit.

@santanumohapatra1326

4 жыл бұрын

You were equipped with weapons without being trained how to use it ethically. May be you skipped the ethics classes.

@scammbledeggs2707

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I love phylosophy and I'm in high school but that will probably happen to me.

@emanuel_soundtrack

4 жыл бұрын

exactly

@totallyinteresting68

4 жыл бұрын

You were probably just being a jerk then 🤷🏼‍♂️

@boredtolife7879

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt you were good at arguing and i doubt u had any friends in the first place

I was forced to go to college and philosophy was the only thing I didn't hate.

@brianmillerspeaks

4 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah!

I graduated with a degree in Philosophy, but as I tell people: I went to school for debt 😁. My favorite area to study turned out to be the philosophy of emotions and how they apply to ethics.

@brianmillerspeaks

6 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@virtuosic4883

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the most useless area of philosophy. You wouldn't even be of use for a psychological researcher of emotion. People like you are so dumb. 🤦‍♂️

Philosophy is a very difficult subject. So difficult that I can't even explain what it is in a sentence.

Public speaking with a Philosophy degree is a major move. You can get paid to speak for people.

@brianmillerspeaks

4 жыл бұрын

In fact I do :)

@Ramesh-xf9nv

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmillerspeaks Thats great. Im switching to philosophy and I am trying to determine how I can use public speaking to help inform others. How did you get into the whole public speaking gig and how are u impacting lives with your talent?

I’m majoring in Marketing but Philosophy is a subject I also want to pursue. Instead of paying for courses I’ll just read books and watch free lectures.

@infamouscrusader3363

4 жыл бұрын

That is perfect. If all you care about is learning then you don't need to major in it. Just watch free lectures, listen to podcasts and read book and commentaries on Philosophy. No need to major in it if all you want to do is learn the topic.

@kangkotaks

3 жыл бұрын

@@infamouscrusader3363 what if i want to learn about logic and critical and science thinking. Can i learn it by myself?

@infamouscrusader3363

3 жыл бұрын

@@kangkotaks Depends. How much you want it?

@kangkotaks

3 жыл бұрын

@@infamouscrusader3363 im really interested in that kind of thing but i dont know whether to take international relation major,philosophy,or physcology,or even political science. Please help

@infamouscrusader3363

3 жыл бұрын

@@kangkotaks Have you researched those majors? If all you care about is to simply learn the subject and be enlightened, then consider learning online or higher a tutor if learning is all you care about.

As a fellow Oneonta Alum, I love this vlog! the campus looks beautiful. I lived in Hulbert too, unfortunately I haven't made it back since graduation.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions about a philosophy major. It can actually go very far in life. You can use a philosophy degree as a great platform into a career in science and engineering. It has transformed how mathematicians think and how scientists deal with the technical facets of reality. The beauty behind the numbers is what is taught in philosophy and it is an advantageous perspective to enter jobs like data science and quantitative analysis, which are excellent-paying jobs for any fresh graduate these days.

@infamouscrusader3363

4 жыл бұрын

Most Philosophy majors end up teaching or going to Law School.

@n.k.7840

3 жыл бұрын

Many people dont know what philosophy actually is. Someone said it's ancient physics backward thinking...

Technical question. When I leave my Canon m3 in auto focus it keeps loosing the focus during a shot and turns out very annoying to watch. Now I shoot only in manual focus. Have you ever faced the same issue?

@brianmillerspeaks

5 жыл бұрын

I never had any major problems with the M3 autofocus unless it was a really bad environment, like standing in front of a super bright window. You'll help the autofocus by running in manual exposure though. The M6 has Dual Pixel which is practically flawless.

Philosophy for me is just a great a exercise to think about great questions to improve your thinking and communication. It’s never about answering questions.

Nice video! I am thinking your words "these are questions that artists and enterpreneurs as like people studying philosophy need to ask themselves" . Well i am an artist while studying philosophy in university and trying to evolve my family buisness. I think that the overthinking world is on my front door while asking myself all these questions hahah!

Finishing my honours in criminal justice this year then hopefully doing a masters in philosophy. Didn’t discover philosophy (properly, at least) till this year and have been obsessed with it so much so I barely do the readings for criminal justice🙃My aim after studying philosophy is joining the detective program, do you think philosophy will be helpful with a detective career? Thanks😁

@brianmillerspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Philosophy's best trait is learning HOW to think instead of WHAT to think.

Wait, I’ve been subscribed to you for a couple of years and this is the first I’m learning of this??!! Philosophy PhD here...Loved your channel before, may have to re-think it now. 😁

@brianmillerspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Lifelong student of philosophy. What are you studying specifically?

@dansklrvids7303

3 жыл бұрын

Brian Miller: Author, Speaker, Magician Sadly, little. Although I’ve taught intro level courses for decades, most of my work now is in administration. I have a KZread channel, Mortarboard Podcast, although nowhere near as good as yours. :)

Do you have a "useless" degree? How has it helped you? Sound off!

@coltish

6 жыл бұрын

I have a degree in Art and Visual Communication, and it has been a great foundation for me as an artist and Designer. It's opened so many doors for me and helped reveal talents and passions I didn't release I had. I took an Ethics and Values class as a general for that degree, from a philosopher who taught me more about genocide in one summer than I had learned in my entire life. That same teacher shared some statistics that showed philosophers are some of the best test takers because their critical thinking skills are so strong.

@markvincentordiz

3 жыл бұрын

i'm pretty sure i'm REALizing

can you make a video of how you got into public speaking? what sort of things do you speak?

@brianmillerspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I should do that. I'm a human connection specialist. I work with organizations who believe everyone deserves to feel heard, understood, and valued.

Which song is in this video?

you seem like a really nice person, hope your having a good day

@SirMusabody

4 жыл бұрын

Nicole Kasumu This is a genuine comment!!!

Hi Brian, I skimmed through this video and did not find where you talked about your useless philosophy major. I am a philosophy major, and loving it more than anything. I'm not taking shots here, I just wanna know: What are your gripes with your philosophy degree? Is is the degree or the philosophy that was useless to you?

@brianmillerspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

I don't have any gripes with the philosophy degree. That's what this video was about. People think it's "useless" but it's incredibly valuable.

disappointed you didn’t talk more about your Philosophy degree and how it’s helped you. Instead, it was “a day in the life of an alumni” type vid. -_-

@brianmillerspeaks

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Verona, thanks for your comment. Do you have specific questions about getting a degree in philosophy other than the 4-5 topics I addressed in this video? I'd be happy to jump on a video chat with you, record it, and then post on this channel to help others who might have similar questions.

@Merrillynchh

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmillerspeaks savage reply

i was about to apply for bs physics program but later i got more existential crisis that's why i go absurdist by being a philosophy student -- i love to do, simple life, the two way i can find something is in that pseudoscience degree and physics, the goal is to change perspective, i'm an atheist but it seems like im agnostic in this case, i just prioritize unbias, non-dogmatic way of knowing things

Yup. Now what to do

@nome148.8

3 жыл бұрын

Chainlink.

If someone were to say this, how would you respond to it? "I don't need a degree for my career. I'm getting a degree in philosophy just for my personal edification." I have another question. Suppose you don't need a degree for your career. Would taking philosophy classes be better than studying philosophy on your own?

It’s really cool! It’s a gathering of elderly.

live video chat on KZread??

Nice vlog👍👍

What camera is this?

@brianmillerspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

I believe that was the Canon M6 with the 11-22 and 22mm f/2 lenses.

Hi Brian, after graduating with a 2:1 in Philosophy I fell into one of worst sorts of ruts but eventually emerged out of the other side. However, as I was putting my life back together I got back in contact with an old class mate from high school. He had gone off to do Programming and has now found himself in an intensive research project for Imperial College London - prestigeous world wide for AI and medicine. When he came back he was mocking my degree choice, constantly asking whether I was proud of taking such a useless path in life and whether I could demonstrate to him what I had gained from the degree. I did not answer, primarily because I felt his questions were only putting me in a terrible place when I was on the verge of leaving something very serious and heart breaking behind me. I am still in contact with him but he still insists on lamenting that my degree was useless, as a 27 year old man this shouldn't bother me but I feel like I should have been able to rebut him. I wasn't, especially when confronted with an inability to get a job in any meaningful employment (at the time). In all earnest, how would you summarise the purpose of philosophy in the face of vehement empiricist badgering? More specifically, what does philosophy offer that is different from the more vocational degrees that ultimately demand the same thing - critical thinking, elegance of argument, geneological awareness etc... I suppose it falls on me to find the purpose or the 'why' but to me it was self evident in some cases. Nonetheless it would be great to get your input.

Actually I think Philosophy is a wonderful degree. It makes you see the world in a different light. I have a Computer Science degree btw but I think I would have enjoyed Philosophy more. Thanks for the awesome video, Brian! 😀

@painexotic3757

5 жыл бұрын

Yah but its not worth putting yourself $20k in debt over. You can literally go to the library or find cheap books online for a fraction of the cost and do the research in your own time. Especially with the age of the internet..

@mbtisocialclub

5 жыл бұрын

PaiN ExoTiC who actually does that?

@painexotic3757

5 жыл бұрын

@@mbtisocialclub Does what?

@mbtisocialclub

5 жыл бұрын

PaiN ExoTiC go to the library to learn a whole degrees worth of content and work. If you don’t go to school you’re working and no one wants to read at the library on days off

@mbtisocialclub

5 жыл бұрын

PaiN ExoTiC I applied to economics and was thinking of doing a philosophy minor to be a lawyer honestly you only get one life I’d rather be learning something I like and aiming towards something long term even if it means being low on money for a while

You are welcome to my free course "SENTENTIA OPTIMUM", that can give you more, than most of philosophical educations...

I disagree lots of philosophers are indeed concerned about answering questions but attempting to answer the question leads to many more questions. This is where analytical philosophy's goal was to make philosophy clear and concise. This is why we have a solution to the free will vs determinism problem by carefully examining what do these words mean, and we come to a conclusion that both are not reciprocals of the other but instead are two faces of the same coin and one must exists for the other to be present, sort of like magnets in nature, polar but they exists in one entity. I do think however continental philosophy is bullsh!t. This is what most people think about when you tell them about philosophy. Analytic philosophy is actually closer to science and engineering. Philosophy is sometimes badly used to debate your point, the main goal is to understand the world and ourselves.

@Lightbulb909

4 жыл бұрын

Care to elaborate on FW and determinism being necessary conditions of each other?

@wandererchild6937

3 жыл бұрын

It is because of questions that philosophy born. It is true that philosophers are really concerned about te questions.

@charliemoll5435

2 жыл бұрын

It seems to me that analytic philosophy is fundamentally limited in its ability explain one’s subjective experiences. Although analytic philosophy is definitely more practical, it seems that reducing all of philosophy to rigid arguments and truth tables takes the humanity out of philosophy. Continental philosophy is also much more “Constructive”, relying more on concept creation and therefore becoming more expressive. For example, Heidegger’s concept of “Dasein” might not be a tangible or scientifically verifiable thing but it has quite a bit of explanatory utility when talking about what it is really like to be.

@rhythmandacoustics

2 жыл бұрын

@@charliemoll5435 Continental is more mumbo jumbo , pseudo science, new age, post modernism, everything is a social construction, day dreaming, non-sense subject.

I couldn't handle that music. Sorry.

@brianmillerspeaks

4 жыл бұрын

No need to apologize. Not all music is for everyone!

@neoepicurean3772

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmillerspeaks I watch all my KZread on x2 - I think a lot of people watch speeded up these days. Only problem is video with music...

you can read all philosophy books you want!!! in my place a degree in philosophy will end up homeless on side street or under a bridge! Anyway!, in my place there's no philosophy degree, except Islamic Philosophy , till Phd!!! thats how knowledge is controlled>> Btw! i am from Malaysia!!!

@hdgaiqnwknz6032

3 жыл бұрын

Can you explain further please

@MrSkateboardbassplay

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone’s somewhat entitled to their own opinion. Of course, yours is irrelevant in terms of personal success.

Watching the addicting video with this dumb music i ask my self what did you learn there...

@Ultraspeeches

3 жыл бұрын

Music name?

No need to go to college to study something that's available in libraries for free.

@brianmillerspeaks

4 жыл бұрын

Everything is in the library for free.

@matejfele9971

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmillerspeaks Great observation.

@infamouscrusader3363

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmillerspeaks It is. The difference is that some degrees so technically pay higher and unfortunately due to progressive credentialism require a degree.

@infamouscrusader3363

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah.

Lol

I feel as though the problem with your justification to get a philosophy degree lies in the fact that we live in the age of information. Learning philosophy can be achieved for free, one doesn’t need to pay tens of thousands of dollars and waste 4+ years of earnings.

@brianmillerspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

That's true, if you believe philosophy is a discipline that can be undertaken alone with your thoughts. If, however, you believe in "knowledge through discourse," then you'll recognize the entire history of philosophy is about conversation. You have to collide with other people's ideas. It's a give and take. You don't get that alone at your computer.

@charanthiara8142

3 жыл бұрын

Go with distance mode 👍🏻

@jaxonkarrh7048

2 жыл бұрын

Okay. I’ll study college level philosophy and you study it for free on the internet. And let’s apply for the same job requiring a bachelors degree and let’s see who gets hired.

@amazinglats6020

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaxonkarrh7048 or since you’re so concerned with the money, why don’t you apply that same effort and drive into becoming something like a real estate agent? After 4 years if you are any good you’ll most likely already be pulling in over 6 figures and can study philosophy in your free time, hell start a philosophy club for that public discourse. Besides, what is the job is question here? Because I doubt there’s a job that requires a philosophy degree that you can’t get without one, aside from becoming a philosophy professor.

The very fact philosophy exists means that it is not useless

@infamouscrusader3363

4 жыл бұрын

He is not referring to the subject but the degree he obtained on the subject.

LOL! At least you have a degree. Sorry but I do not like philosophy at all, its far to wishy washy for me. When philosophers talk bout metaphysics as though it actually is a thing repulses me. I find philosophers literally drown in their own ignorance. Its as though they think that they can figure out the universe with thought and reason alone. Sorry but thought and reason are just untestable hypothesis. As if a philosopher could ever figure out general relativity, special relativity, spacetime and quantum mechanics. Philosophers are full of BS really. But kudos for getting a degree anyway.

God is Real... but the world will tell you the opposite.

What a disappointment!!! This video should have been titled "a day in the life of" because it was more of that type of vlog. He only talked for probably a minute long on philosophy. He never talks about his career choice after graduation and how philosophy influenced his career path after graduation. At one point he almost began to talk about philosophy than random transition followed by random transition, and really can you get to the fucking point man. Lol but he didn't really.

@brianmillerspeaks

5 жыл бұрын

I know, right? It was disappointing for sure. What specific questions did you have about getting a philosophy degree that I didn't answer or address? I'm currently working on a comprehensive video about getting a philosophy degree and how it affected my career, as an update to this video (which is over a year old now).

Getting a degree in philosophy is like getting a degree in Astrology. Cool things to learn about but deep down you know it kinda bullshit but you lie to yourself cause you already wasted alot of time and money on school so you just go with it.

@TupacMakaveli1996

3 жыл бұрын

On surface yea but philosophy is really peace of mind vs Astronomy which is stars will effect your future lol

Whats your age Are u the son of the murderer something miller who killed his wife and daughter.???

Cringe