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I think it's because people who do research are perceived as someone who wants, out of good heart, to provide a benefit to humanity. "How can you not want me t

• jebarker 3y ago
  Interesting. That perception underestimates how much researchers like doing research I think. The demand shortage and price paid is just function of how much society values research versus entertainment.
  • borroka 3y ago
    That may be so. But it is the same when we talk about surgeons and teachers, who, in the collective subconscious, are seen as saintly figures, people who have dedicated themselves to the betterment of society. But the vast majority of surgeons and teachers love to be surgeons and teachers, love to cut and repair and explain things to young people. In fact, people who teach, for example, sales to employees of a company basically do the same job as high school teachers, but we do not consider them as worthy of our admiration. And as for the price paid by society for research, the public knows approximately nothing about research. And when they think about scientists they think about Albert Einstein, people of genius frequently lost in their thoughts solving equations. But if they knew the reality of most universities, departments, and research groups, they would be willing to pay way less than the state/government is paying scientists and other researchers for their, I dare to say, often meaningless investigations.