I have multiple friends who went into civil or nuclear engineering, and none of them stayed in public research. They get paid 3x by industry. One of them now bu

I have multiple friends who went into civil or nuclear engineering, and none of them stayed in public research. They get paid 3x by industry. One of them now builds United's algorithm for flight pricing. It isn't an issue of laziness or lack of knowledge. We don't treat scientists well, so they leave. > mrna vaccines are several decades older than the people you are likely thinking of Old or dead scientists are the basis of all modern science. The question is whether there are young scientists building on those foundations and making major breakthroughs, and there are[1]. 1. https://leaps.org/moderna-covid-vaccine/the-scientist-who-solved-delivery-kerry-benenato https://leaps.org/moderna-covid-vaccine/the-scientist-who-so...