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Posted by: Clear-Eyed Realist
Date: 05/28/2008 06:45AM
It's interesting that the first three posts compare scientists' salaries to NFL pros.
As a scientist (who, interestingly enough, is doing cancer research with RNAi techniques), I don't begrudge professional athletes their salaries.
I find that many of my colleagues in academia have snooty, haughty disdain for "dumb jocks" and "the masses". Witness the Juvenal metaphor in Post #1 above.... ugh.
That attitude is stupid in the extreme.
I couldn't run a 50 yard-dash in 4 seconds, or slam-dunk a basketball, or hit for the cycle in a MLB game. Maybe John Elway couldn't figure out a cell signaling pathway - but - so what? We are each gifted in our own way, and as long as we're producing something of value, let's let the market sort it out.
BTW: I have a great idea for a new microbiological product, and am filing my first patent next week. Someday I, too, hope to make NFL-player-like big bucks!
As a scientist (who, interestingly enough, is doing cancer research with RNAi techniques), I don't begrudge professional athletes their salaries.
I find that many of my colleagues in academia have snooty, haughty disdain for "dumb jocks" and "the masses". Witness the Juvenal metaphor in Post #1 above.... ugh.
That attitude is stupid in the extreme.
I couldn't run a 50 yard-dash in 4 seconds, or slam-dunk a basketball, or hit for the cycle in a MLB game. Maybe John Elway couldn't figure out a cell signaling pathway - but - so what? We are each gifted in our own way, and as long as we're producing something of value, let's let the market sort it out.
BTW: I have a great idea for a new microbiological product, and am filing my first patent next week. Someday I, too, hope to make NFL-player-like big bucks!
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