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And remember, once you get flair, you get to be slapped by the mods for speculating on matters not within your area of expertise. A great reason not to get flair.
I think some people take this sub way too seriously, and imagine a crisis where there is none. Almost every question gets at least one reasonably sophisticated answer. So what's the problem?
I'd also add that if someone posing a question can't figure out which answers are useful to them, and which are garbage, well maybe that person isn't up to engaging with philosophy in the first place.
Comment by drinka40tonight at 03/09/2013 at 16:49 UTC*
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once you get flair, you get to be slapped by the mods for speculating on matters not within your area of expertise.
I actually haven't seen this. I see people with "ethics" flair commenting about logic. Or people with "epistemology" commenting about ethics. In general, the flair indicates what you think are your main areas.
Comment by TychoCelchuuu at 03/09/2013 at 16:13 UTC
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Some people have flair that says "generalist." If you want protection from the Philosophy Gestapo you could just grab yourself one of those. If you're not affiliated with an institution, no big deal! Get an autodidact generalist flair. Carte blanche to say whatever you want about anything.