By pointing out that much of philosophy is, at best, useless:

Neil deGrasse Tyson Slammed For Dismissing Philosophy As ‘Useless’

 Well, I’m still worried even about a healthy balance. Yeah, if you are distracted by your questions so that you can’t move forward, you are not being a productive contributor to our understanding of the natural world. And so the scientist knows when the question “what is the sound of one hand clapping?” is a pointless delay in our progress.

 How do you define clapping? All of a sudden it devolves into a discussion of the definition of words. And I’d rather keep the conversation about ideas. And when you do that don’t derail yourself on questions that you think are important because philosophy class tells you this. The scientist says look, I got all this world of unknown out there, I’m moving on, I’m leaving you behind. You can’t even cross the street because you are distracted by what you are sure are deep questions you’ve asked yourself. I don’t have the time for that.

Well said. It’s all well and good to ask questions, but if you ask nonsense questions, or questions designed to never be answerable – just eternally arguable – you are of no more value to society than a theologian. The point to asking questions is to FIND ANSWERS, not just to hear yourself ask questions.

If a train leaves Chicago going east at 55 miles per hour, and a mime leaves Paris wandering in a spiral eating a baguette, how many pancakes does it take to build a doghouse? Ooooh, deeeeeep…..