right, this is the clear improvement. on the other hand, now it means science-oriented high schoolers lives get an extra helping of misery and stress. on top o

right, this is the clear improvement. on the other hand, now it means science-oriented high schoolers lives get an extra helping of misery and stress. on top of this you also filter out anyone who doesn't perfectly stay on this high-stakes pipeline from age 14 to tenure, which is probably not good overall for science. economics is actually pretty close to working this way already. indeed, the job market for economics PhDs is much less dystopian than say life sciences. but there are tradeoffs.