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Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 26 February 2011 07:00:49PM 2 points [-]

and then the college enrollment rate of those hundred people's kids gets cut in half as a result, have you really caused a net increase in the amount of research being done?

Yes. Most undergraduates don't become researchers, and most of those who do won't specialize in the most important topics.

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