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Re:EPA: Pruitt will launch program to 'critique' climate sci... by Karunamon on Friday June 30, 2017 @12:34PM (#14671816)
I don't see how that matters - if you trained your whole life for one branch of science (or one career), you're a lot more likely to stay where you are rather than spend years starting from zero to move where you think more money might be.

That's a risk many are not willing to take.

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Re:EPA: Pruitt will launch program to 'critique' climate sci... by Avshalom on Friday June 30, 2017 @02:12PM (#14672605)
"Climate Scientists" did not train their entire life to be climate scientists they come to it from a general background in geology, environmental science or physics with a two-three class "focus" during undergrad, another two to three class focus during grad school and maybe a phd.

Maybe.

Some of them just wound up there because they were the only people in the department with the Fortran chops to get the models working.

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Re:EPA: Pruitt will launch program to 'critique' climate sci... by maxxxxx on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:09PM (#14674110)
Climate scientists could deal with long-term weather prediction and other stuff. They don't need climate change to stay relevant.
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Re:EPA: Pruitt will launch program to 'critique' climate sci... by Oletros on Friday June 30, 2017 @02:06PM (#14672558)
Why they should move to another career?
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