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I think the education process is too long. Schools benefit from long education so the time a student can get to do "real research" is put further and further in
by zeynel1 17y ago
I think the education process is too long. Schools benefit from long education so the time a student can get to do "real research" is put further and further in the future.
- akadien 17y agoYou don't need a PhD to be a scientist and do real research. You need a PhD to be a tenure-track professor and hold a research position in many industrial labs. The education process produces credentials. Curiosity about the world and the courage to ask questions (and lots of math and other technical skills) produce scientists. Same thing for inventors.
- anonymousDan 17y agoBut the fact of the matter is that as our knowledge of different subjects advances, there are more and more things to learn before a student can get down to doing actual research. Together with increased automation of many mundane jobs as a result of computers, this makes a long education almost mandatory for people wishing to maximise their chances of employment.