TIME magazine's cover article "Is America flunking science?"

pebbles
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:37:41 +0000

vampiro:

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To refute your first sentence:

Well I didn’t say anything about those who love science and also want to earn a decent living in it, much less “put them off”. My point is that scientists today aren’t the martyrs this thread is making them out to be. Sure there aren’t many INCENTIVES to study science right now but there aren’t any major DETERRENTS, either. People with intense interests in science and engineering aren’t being turned away from the field right now due to financial implausibility, most everyone I know here loves what they study and haven’t given much thought to future salaries. I mean sure, if you want to offer us heaps of money upon graduation we’ll stick out our hands and gladly take it, but we are and we would be here regardless.

And… that’s where you lost me, after the first sentence, I don’t understand the rest of your post oh god sorry :(