Hey, LA--Being a phd student in philosophy if anything makes one less qualified to comment on the validity and relevance of ideas. And as proof: only some dink getting a phd in philosophy would try to argue that nazi scum Heidegger had any important impact on "the way we view the world in which we live." Maybe an important impact on how dweebs who can't get laid see the world, but that is hardly "we" now.