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I don't know about other countries but here in Spain we are divided in high school in two groups, according toour preferences: Humanities, and Sciences. Those who choose "Sciencies" go on studying maths, physics, chemistry and suhc, while those who -like me- chose humanities get philosophy, latin and history. And it's a classic here
to discuss against the sciences guys what is more useful, philosophy or maths/physics. In the end, we always beat the science guys because we are better at argumentation, and do you know what? This discussion you are having here is actually a philosophical one, even if you were not aware of it
Yes, gentlement, you are actually joining one or another of the big sides in philosophy: Realism vs. Idealism
Realistic are those who think that the world is what it is, independently of what we think of it (Imperial measurements), and idealists are those who think that the world is what we think it is (Metric system). Who is right? None of you! Only us guys from humanites
, who have learnt since long that the discussion yoru are having is actually futile if you want to get the real measure of knowledge
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