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Re:Is a science PhD a Waste of Time? by geebee on Friday August 31, 2012 @03:47PM (#4461366)
The greenspun rant is entertaining. A more sober look at the numbers from the RAND institute arrives at a similar conclusion regarding opportunity costs

http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP241.html

Re:Is a science PhD a Waste of Time? by jseliger on Friday August 31, 2012 @04:21PM (#4461518)
Glad you like it. The thing most of the too-few-scientist articles ignore is this: "Adjusted for IQ, quantitative skills, and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States" and this: "'Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.' -- Albert Einstein."