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Wouldn't quitting actually fix the problem? The supply side of the equation is too big at the moment.
by agilebyte 13y ago
Wouldn't quitting actually fix the problem? The supply side of the equation is too big at the moment.
- PaulHoule 13y agoFor one thing this is an unlimited supply of very good BS students from poor countries who want to get the hell out, and the time it takes to do a PhD or even a postdoc is enough time to get a real job or get married or otherwise become nationalized
- DaveWalk 13y agoA great point -- in "How Economics Shapes Science," science economist Paula Stephan talks about this problem repeatedly. One of the unforeseen problems in the peer review space is that older professors retire later and later in life compared to previous decades. Professors who know the grantwriting system are have a large advantage over first time submitters and get a disproportionate amount of funding.