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And sometimes stuff gets on TV because you can slop through the science to make an interesting story for the viewing audience. Good science would not be interesting for the most part to a lay audience.
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Well I definitely do some ribbing, as it does certainly seem softer than biological, but compared with some of the psychology, sociology, and whatnot with which I'm familiar it doesn't really stand out as being soft. I'm supposed to take one cultural class but I'm procrastinating it. Maybe after I do I'll gain more respect.
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In what industry does a biological anthropologist function? It sounds very esoteric and not too practical.
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Uh... they can lecture in medical/dental schools on occasion, or specialize in forensics and work at a crime lab. They make good museum curators, I guess. Mostly it's not for making money. I'd wager that 90%+ of PhDs in the field just research/teach.
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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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A kept man and a love slave?
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Anna Nichole Smith had a tv show too.
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This is why it is important for government to subsidize some of the science that the market won't recognize as valuable until it bears fruit much later. I have mixed feelings about whether we should subsidize arts and sciences that have no practical application. Here is a poor example, but some times I think about Michael Quinn who probably knows as much as anyone about LDS History but can't get work because he is an apostate. On the one hand I think "what a waste of knowledge." On the other hand I think "learn to do something else and get a job." I lean towards supporting these things with my tax dollars, but this necessarily means there is a lot I am supporting that I think has zero value, just so that a few things which I do think have value can also be supported.
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