@helene @lain I disagree, I don't think they should just get paid to do this just because. I know a guy who has a PhD in math, and he works a job at a coffee place to pay his bills and does math almost in the time he's not working. Einstein worked at a patent office. I just don't think paying the exact crowd who couldn't cut it in their field, and who don't have the drive to work on these projects in their own time is worth my taxpayer money while also using universities to financially cripple the next generation while also turning them into sycofant cargo cultists.