4 ms·
> Microbiologist Rebecca Shapiro faced a daunting task after starting a tenure-track job at the University of Guelph in Canada: building a laboratory from scrat
by M_Bakhtiari 8y ago
> Microbiologist Rebecca Shapiro faced a daunting task after starting a tenure-track job at the University of Guelph in Canada: building a laboratory from scratch, on a tight budget.
The absolute state of western higher education
- golergka 8y ago> western I didn't realized we're blessed with enormous science and education budgets outside of western world! Seriously, it's the same old problem: when you hear about how bad things are in some first world country, please don't forget that it's still the best point in human history and one of the best places on Earth at the current moment.
- apathy 8y agoHaving discussed lab budgets etc with an Indian colleague just recently, I no longer feel justified to bitch about funding... possibly forever. It was a necessary perspective check
- golem14 8y ago... and yet: it's a reasonable thing to ask how much of a GDP should be spent on research funding. That the US will spend more than India (for now) isn't surprising.
- M_Bakhtiari 8y agoIt doesn't have to be better outside the west for my point to be valid. It's expected that shitholes are behind on science and education. But countries like Canada has no excuse for wasting researchers' valuable time on scavenging around on eBay.