This is a special post for quick takes by David Udell. Only they can create top-level comments. Comments here also appear on the Quick Takes page and All Posts page.
I thought that having studied philosophy (instead of math or CS) made me an outlier for a rationalist.
But, milling about the Lightcone offices, fully half of the people I've encountered hold some kind of philosophy degree. "LessWrong: the best philosophy site on the internet."