what I understood parent to be saying is that the picked winners were picked by students, not some central arbiter of what should be studied. unless youn disag

what I understood parent to be saying is that the picked winners were picked by students, not some central arbiter of what should be studied. unless youn disagree with the laws of supply and demand, it seems the market consensus at this moment is that compsci majors are far more useful than any fundamental research (which still remains undefined). Even if the market was wrong and fundamental research could somehow be valuable, why would you not trust the primary beneficiaries oj making that decision, vs some bureaucrat that has no stake in the outcome?