Yes, I know you are confused. What do I mean that philosophy is the best major? There are so many statistics that say differently, don't kid yourself! And yes, Yes. I know. But again, I will tell you, there is more to these statistics than meets the eye.

Philosophy is a subject that teaches critical analysis and argumentative writing skills. Philosophy is a notoriously challenging major and has rigorous standards of writing and argumentation, which can help students to develop strong critical thinking skills that can be applied to a number of different professions.

This is why Philosophy is the go-to major for those aspiring Law students, and this major brings the best LSAT scores. So yes, a lot of philosophy majors go into law. You would think that the others go to academia and that's it. Story over.

Not quite.

Dr. Damon Horowitz studied Philosophy in grad school in Standford and is a successful tech entrepreneur and Google’s in-house philosopher/director of engineering. He makes a strong argument to study philosophy. His own career makes a pretty good case for the value of a philosophy education.

Some of the most successful tech innovators come from a philosophy background and put the critical thinking skills they developed to good use, launching new digital services to fill needs in various domains of society.

To understand what society needs, we must first understand how society works. How people work. How we think and process and understand and what we do when we are left in certain scenarios. Guess which subject teaches all of this? Philosophy.

In fact, many leaders of the tech world — from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield — say that studying philosophy was the secret to their success as digital entrepreneurs.

Advances in physics, technology, and neuroscience pose an ever-evolving set of questions about the nature of the world and our place in it; questions that we may not yet have the answers to, but that philosophers diligently explore through theory and argument. And of course, there are some questions of morality and meaning that were first posed by ancient thinkers and we continue to question: How should we treat one another? What does it mean to live a good life?

The Princeton philosophy department argues that because philosophers have a “better understanding of the nature of man and his place in the world,” they’re better able to identify and provide solutions to issues that we face in society.

In a society where social responsibility is very prominent in the business and entrepreneurship world, those who care and are able to think critically about global and humanitarian issues are the ones who will go on to create real change.

And who are the people who think about questions and answers to things that truly matter to humanity as a whole? Philosophy students.

This global-mindedness and humanistic perspective may even make you a more desirable job candidate.

Before you try and tell me that doing Philosophy is a fool's errand, I would like you to look to those who have taken this path and reconsider your words.