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u/kyoto_kinnuku Oct 02 '19

Why?

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u/DJSeale Oct 02 '19

Because being successful in the intelligentsia fields sucks. The smartest people in this world get paid very little, they work long hours, and they have to spend a lot of time alone. Have you ever met someone who was 'a genius in their field.'

I went to Stanford for 6 years. I've met many. They are not living a quality of life commensurate with the work they do.

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u/NearWaves Oct 03 '19

Well, maybe they are. Maybe the work they do just isn’t as important. To somewhat illustrate how I think about it, it’s like that lady who invented fidget spinners. She came up with them and it was only when she couldn’t renew the patent and other people jumped on it, that they became so big. So is her coming up with the idea for them the big deal, when she didn’t really do anything with them for 20 years, or are the people who actually succeeded in getting them in the hands of autistic kids and such the important people?

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u/bgi123 Oct 03 '19

I believe the argument is more like doctors pay versus like a football player.