Originally Posted by
StankApe
I think any time spent pondering things that cannot possibly amount to anything other than "personal enlightenment" is a waste of time.
at least art has aesthetic value
So pondering a question like "what's this poet trying to communicate here" would or would not be a waste of time?
I've found some philosophy useful, and some philosophy not so useful. I try to encourage what's useful by sharing it, and kill what's not so useful by forgetting about it.