10th November 2010, 11:21 PM
Mike.T. Wrote:Most people want to work and contribute something to societyI dispute that. 'Most people want to work and have a decent standard of living' would be a better way of putting it. Contributing to society seems to be of less interest to most these days, if I may judge by comments on the internet and in the news.
Quote: a ( probably pointless ) PhDPointless? Darn it, I have wasted all my savings from my years in archaeology funding my PhD when I could have spent them on booze and women instead. I personally think that knowledge is an end in itself and that most people that do PhDs will at least disseminate more of their findings more widely through papers and articles, than most commercial archaeology units do.
Quote:Yes, the money in Archaeology is badMoney in archaeology is appalling considering that the recruitment pool is predominantly graduates.
Quote:presumably an uber intelligent ''high achiever'' would have realised that from the start and done something else instead.Don't equate intelligence with common sense. :face-stir:
'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder.'