Is it dumb to ask someone, especially a philosopher, the following question. Who

Is it dumb to ask someone, especially a philosopher, the following question. Who

Is it dumb to ask someone, especially a philosopher, the following question. Who's your favorite philosopher? This strikes me as a rather dumb question to ask. Something akin to asking a physicist, "Who's your favorite scientist?" If it's true that the question is dumb, why is it dumb? Or why not?

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