[jackwagon]

"Philosophy, as it's taught in universities is not practical." There is plenty of practical philosophy. A healthy dose of theory of computation, or possibly business ethics, would have immediate utility for a lot of people here.

"Rather than aim for the abstract ideas such as Descartes" We study the ideas from people such as Descartes to analyze their methods. Btw, he had many early-scientific writings.

"we should aim to teach things that relieve suffering in our daily lives, such as emotional mastery, and mental discipline" no, maybe, yes.

... etc

"There are a lot of people with psychological problems in this world." Now you're just getting batshit.

[geoka9]

> There is plenty of practical philosophy. A healthy dose of theory of computation..

Is theory of computation actually philosophy? Last time I checked it was a CS discipline.