Posted by alexandra_k on March 29, 2005, at 22:12:22
In reply to Re: GRE Math, posted by alexandra_k on March 29, 2005, at 21:35:58
...because you can get a job at the end of the day. There is a real world out there.
If you want to research (and in philosophy there is no other option) then it is a different story.
Even with science there is an applied aspect - so people see the sense in pouring money into the discipline because they get something for it at the end of the day.
Take something like philosophy and there aren't any obvious practical gains to be made. You might get a book - but then there will only be another book written in rebuttal and what does that get us at the end of the day?
I have been told over and over that you really do have to be realistic. And the reality is harsh. Only a select few make it. Talent, sure - but also a whole heap of luck. And I lucked out. And there it is.
One more go.
Then it is time to face realities...
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