ChristianKl comments on "Follow your dreams" as a case study in incorrect thinking - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 23 August 2014 09:21:27AM 3 points [-]

I don't think you understand how screwed up the academic job market is.

Science PHDs usually get useful skills that make them employable outside academia that someone who fails at being a sport star or musician doesn't get.

Furthermore I think that our society benefits from investing more resources into solving biology while it doesn't benefit from more people wanting to become sport stars.