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Originally Posted by Archaea
That's what's weird about much of the esoteric stuff, unless you work in a museum or at a university, not much real world application. It's often important to have people to research new techniques, as R&D is very expensive.
However, the liberal arts professors have the toughest time finding real world applications.
Psychologists, sociologists and the like can find useful applications.
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It's true, and it's one of the more unfortunate aspects of it. Obviously I'm biased, but I think that science is where our best and brightest need to be, and often that's where they are, but many prefer to go into medicine, dentistry, business, law, some of the softer but more functional sciences, etc. as that's where the money is.
I gave up a very promising career in business, because I found that I was so bored doing it that I compensated by spending all my money on toys. Now I'm on the other end of the spectrum, where I love what I do, but wouldn't mind a few more toys. Luckily, my wife is continuing in the business so I might end up with the best of both worlds.