I really want to know this too as I ' m not understanding . What exactly can you actually do with pkhex on sun moon so far ? <| sep |> I am an astrophysicist . So is my adviser . How is A scientist can ' t even understand what it is they are truly doing without knowing the philosophical underpinnings to the endeavor they ' ve undertaken . an uncritical generalization exactly ? The underpinnings of physics have philosophical bases . One part of that statement quite literally follows from the other . If you have no philosophical opinions on such philosophical statements as the core of physics is that ideas are tested by experiment and physics must be in the language of math . Then why are you and others stating them ? I ' m sure there are quite many physicists who know the philosophical bases of these statements and science in general . Perhaps you thought I meant that you can ' t do physics without consciously knowing philosophy ? Most scientists can do science just fine without knowing your putting philosophy into action , sure . But that ' s like taking faith in science like its religion following observances because everyone else does it . Stating philosophy is worthless to physics is to be completely ignorant of its contributions and the history of physics itself . Did you think science suddenly appeared one day fully formed in the way it exists now ? Please read golgonooza ' s second paragraph for some further minor insights . Do you think science describes the world that is or is it a construct which predicts observed behavior ? Whichever , that is a philosophical opinion . I could go on .