[ExI] Speaking of "The Great Stagnation"...

[Dennis May]

Stefano Vaj wrote about Tyler Cowen's remarks:
 
> What’s more, 
science is losing its luster among the general 
> public for a variety of 
reasons, among them the growing 
> gap in income levels between scientists 
and those in other, 
> more lucrative fields such as finance.
 
When I was undergraduate "80-84" we had about 30%
of our students who had moved from the business school to
physics, about 30% from engineering to physics, and about
20% from mathematics to physics.  Only a few of us started
in physics.  The few exceptional physicists I have met on
line in the newer generation have gone from physics to finance
or physics research teaching at small one-man-show colleges
where they could control their work.  There are real issues
going on.
 
Dennis May
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