> Do we know how to imprecisely define, recognize, or measure these? As far as I've ever been able to ascertain, those are philosophy department nonsense dreamt up by people who can't hack real science so they can wallow in unfounded beliefs.

Read the rest of the thread, I'm not interested in repeating myself about why philosophy is the foundational science. It's a historically widely-accepted fact, echoed by anyone who has actually studied it.

> I contend that they are not even slightly capable of any of that.

Contend all you want. Your contention is overwhelmingly suffocated by the documented experiences of myself and others who use these tools for creative problem-solving. As much as you want to believe in something, if it is empirically refuted, it's just a crackpot belief. Just because you haven't been able to get good results out of any models, doesn't mean your experience rings true for others.

I'm not interested in further discussing this with you. Your first comment is negative and unsubstantial, and I have no reason to believe that further discussion with lead to more positive and substantial discourse, when the opposite is usually the case. That's all I have to say.