I doubt being well versed in philosophy is relevant to most scientists nowadays, at least from a practical standpoint. As I heard Michel Serres put it a couple

I doubt being well versed in philosophy is relevant to most scientists nowadays, at least from a practical standpoint. As I heard Michel Serres put it a couple years ago : « Today's society produces ignorant technicians and cultivated [put any word describing someone that can't count up to two] » (roughly translated from the original French). And they do fine by it, apparently. But it is damageable to ignore some fundamentals, from Pythagoras to Descartes (regarding science). As I think about it, it comes to me that whether philosophy is or isn't necessary isn't relevant. Empirical necessity doesn't sums up human aspirations, and music or poetry play in the same field. Philosophy is a way or structuring certain angles of thinking, and that's pretty cool. As a developer I have absolutely no use of Heidegger or saint Thomas in my activity, but I'm glad they exist.