I fully support shutting down the philosophy departments from Harvard and Yale on down. Not because philosophy is useless, pointless and impractical but because today what they teach is useless, pointless and impractical, not to mention dangerous. Everyone has and needs a philosophy -- an integrated view of the nature of reality, of truth and the basis for good and evil and the essence of being human. I strongly urge folks to read "Philosophy, Who Needs It" by Ayn Rand in which she makes the case, not for her philosophy of Objectivism, but of the importance and need for philosophy by all.