What do people hate most on the web?
Cameron finds the answer by using google's search ranking to locate pages built around things that people hate.
Check out his findings here, or run the search yourself.
You may notice that when you run the search, you'll find a lot of things that you actually like, or at least have an interest in. This could explain why I saw "I hate Philosophy" near the top of my search results. Or could it be that there are other weathered souls who find asking the big questions like peeking into Pandora's box. Reading this gent's blog, his reasoning resonated with me. Many of us begin the pursuit of knowledge as a way to satisfy curiosity about how others think, but too often succumb to the pitfalls of academia. Joel writes:

In sum, philosophy is an obscured, confusing search for transcendence that, by its very nature, precludes the possibility of ever finding transcendece because of the way it numbs the soul, suppresses pain, and prevents the risky intimacy that is required to find transcendence.

While I commiserate with the seeming futility of the search, I reject his conclusion. I find great comfort and curiosity in the abstractions of thought sprinkled everywhere. For example, today I encounter philosophy more in books, music, and film than "philosophical papers." And I've learned more talking to a stranger than reading an atlas on Kierkegard's angst. Sometimes the most interesting insights on life are simply an unspoken gestures like a smile or a sigh.