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I don't buy the assumption that seems to be implied that many arguments have to be weak and a single argument has to be strong.
Why not have many strong reasons instead of one weak reason?
Certainly for complex questions I find multi-threaded answers more convincing than single-threaded ones.
Fox over hedgehog for me.
In terms of picking a major, do something you enjoy that you can conceivably use to get a job. You can actually get a job with a philosophy degree. I did... after I quit accounting because it was too darn boring...
There are contexts in which one doesn't have access to many strong arguments.
I'll clarify that I wasn't arguing that one should major in a quantitative subject — my discussion was restricted to earnings, not to the holistic impact of majoring in a given subject.