practicality of philosophy today

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i recently finished an intro philosophy course which taught the basics of informal logic, western philosophy, and some eastern.. also the more prominent philosophies which are generally accepted and or debated among philosophers today.

i finished it and wondered if there was any real practical value to it any more.. sure, science was partially the product of philosophy, as with many modern forms of ethics, but does the study really produce anything tangible? science seems to be giving most of the answers nowadays.

i haven't really taken a particular stance on the subject but i'm wondering what other people think...