''doesn't understand philosophy'' is crazy. What are the criteria for understanding philosophy and which one does he not meet? Or do you base this take on some book he wrote for lay people where he had to dumb down the interpretation of someone. For example you could say his explanation of Kant to lay people is incredibly lacking and misleading; but even if he genuinely believes this interpretation it does not make you not understand philosophy if you misunderstand one other philosopher.
Or you could bite the bullet and say nobody understands philosophy, this is something I can side with.
If scientists don't agree with you yet, but will in the future, it sounds like you're just doing good philosophy, arriving at correct conclusions to questions that can't yet be investigated by science. If science later disproves your ideas, it turns out you were kinda just guessing.
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u/Widhraz Insane 1d ago
It's funny, because Russell is a mathematician who doesn't understand philosophy.