Philosophy is for People

Schools teach you certain very nice tools you can use to evaluate and create ideas. One caveat is that those trained to use these tools tend to only be able to communicate with their kind. Hence, the usual lack of rapport between the credentialed scholar and the undocumented one. However there are 2 even bigger divisive factors at play: insecurity and pre-verbal worldview. I will touch on the latter.

Two people who speak different languages will obviously have a problem communicating, but a translator can help. But even if the two have the same language, they can have a different approach in using the language. This difference can sometimes be enough to render productive interaction impossible. There is something beneath language and logic that must be aligned in the two partners for the conversation to be useful.

It's good that those with similar pre-verbal worldviews build with one another. We also need people who can facilitate communication between the worldviews so we can share the progress we all make. On the global scale, this is being done with interfaith organizations that hold conferences where insight is exchanged peacefully and usefully. Teachers facilitate communication between the university culture and the vernacular, but unfortunately the communication is usually one way.

To me philosophy is not just the love of knowledge, but the love of wisdom and what wisdom entails (at least according to Jesus, Buddha, et al): the love of others. A love of knowledge alone can become a race for knowledge, a competition of accumulation. "I know more than you." A more well-rounded philosophy IMHO includes the love of sharing useful knowledge with others. Note there is no forcing in sharing and no sense of condescension.