The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults.

I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of what hypotheses and theories might account for that data. So there's a continuity between philosophy and science in that way.

The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.

Wisdom is not just knowing fundamental truths, if these are unconnected with the guidance of life or with a perspective on its meaning. If the deep truths physicists describe about the origin and functioning of the universe have little practical import and do not change our picture of the meaning of the universe and our place within it, then knowing them would not count as wisdom.

The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults.

Instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right.

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as a complete surprise to philosophers, and so did quantum mechanics, and so did other things.