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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by bregma on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:31PM (#27475381)
But everyone knows you can only get rich by working in STEM. Have you ever heard of a musician worth millions? Or a writer? Or an actor? Or an athlete? Fashion designer?
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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by paulpauper on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:06PM (#27475858)
You have to look at relative frequency, median wages. A competent coder can made a solid 6 figures.But it requires top .001% of music or athletic ability to make money as a pro. Just being very good at football may be enough to letter but not to join the NFL. Same for writing or acting. World famous actors or writers can make tens of millions of dollars at their craft, but some unknown guy who join #10 at Facebook , Airbnb, or coinbase can easily be worth as much or more.
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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by Game_Ender on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:38PM (#27475485)
What percentage of writers, athletes, actors, or musicians are worth millions? Compare that to the number of STEM graduates.

It’s not that you cannot, it’t about the likelihood.

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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by TheOtherHobbes on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:54PM (#27475719)
The humanities also include law, politics, and economics [1].

What percentage of laywers, politicians, and economists are worth more than STEM graduates?

How much relative power does each sector have?

[1] Technically a social science, certainly not a hardcore STEM subject.

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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by whimsicalism on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:58PM (#27475761)
Economics is not in the humanities, political science is not in the humanities, and law is not typically considered in the humanities.

It kinda sounds like you don't know what the humanities are.

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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by SketchySeaBeast on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:02PM (#27475808)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities#Law_and_politics

Just to be clear, you're both kind of right, but I take objection to your overly aggressive stance on this where you rebut and accuse without providing any sort of evidence.

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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by Apocryphon on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:05PM (#27475850)
The humanities, liberal arts, and social sciences are usually lumped together as "not-STEM".
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Re:Incentives in economics are wrong, but how? by fallingknife on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:22PM (#27476063)
Have you ever heard of one any one of those who anybody gave a shit where they went or if they went to school? (Other than athletes, of course, but for them school is no more than an unpaid apprenticeship forced on them by monopolistic leagues.)
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