> I think the easy way to look at this is that a certain segment of society will always want to believe in something beyond the observable world
Even if you believe that, this can also in principle be studied at least somewhat more rigorously by considering philosophy.
There's no "right" or "wrong" answer to "is there anything beyond the observable world?", but there's arguments that are principled and reasoned and others that aren't even internally consistent.
I'll agree though that majoring in metaphysics is unlikely to be something many people will be able to (or willing to) achieve.
Even if you believe that, this can also in principle be studied at least somewhat more rigorously by considering philosophy.
There's no "right" or "wrong" answer to "is there anything beyond the observable world?", but there's arguments that are principled and reasoned and others that aren't even internally consistent.
I'll agree though that majoring in metaphysics is unlikely to be something many people will be able to (or willing to) achieve.