News Dr. Michio Kaku America Has A Secret Weapon

[ThomasT]

US wealth?

What's the question?

 

[turbo]

And the surest way to kill interest in young students is to point out the actual realities of the job market. Better to advertise a shortage and tell people there are jobs waiting for them (even if its a flat out lie). Human capital is (after all) expendable- there is a new generation of suckers coming up the pipeline.

He is trying to SELL science as a career to suckers like myself. The more suckers end up in grad school, the cheaper science gets. Its great for consumers of science, but terrible for actual scientists.

Keep in mind the quotes from his website he posted- he recommends getting a phd in physics so you can then find a job as a programmer (which has no added value from your phd) so you can research in your spare time. We can't all be gentleman(gentlewoman) scientists- some of us have to eat.

All part of the "race to the bottom" philosophy, IMO. Pay top-dollar for your education in the best (most expensive) institutions so that you can compete with graduates from third-world countries who will work for much less. Yeah, they will be sending money to their families (if they actually work here) but that's a much softer debt-load than trying to pay off the debt on your student loans. I am SO glad that I'm not one of today's crop of university students.