Monday, August 8, 2011

R&S: Do most average scientists tend to die as virgins?

Your average scientist (chemist, biologist, physicist, mathematician) earns anywhere from 40K-50K after finishing their post-doc either working in a government research lab or in the private sector. This comes after doing 4 years of undergrad, 2-4 years of a masters degree, 3-6 years of phD, and 3-6 more years of post-doc. Their student debt is usually higher than 80K after they are finished. Generally speaking, scientists are not exactly the most fashionable or desirable guys around. In fact, most are nerdy. However, most "nerds" usually make up for their shortcomings with money. Now, this is why I said "average scientists". I know that celebrity scientists are well compensated (6 figure salaries) and thus are attractive. But, those only make a fraction of all scientists. What about the greater majority of average scientists who slave away in a lab? Don't they have an exponentially higher chance of dying as virgins than other professions? Even garbage men earn more than they do.

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