Originally Posted by Val
Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
It is a disturbing question, in general. Such as: How much new science is being missed by brain-power sequestored in IT departments making a decent income re-writing programs to calculate taxes on teddy bear sales?

That's a valid point, but there's another point. Some of those data crunchers are physicists who couldn't have got a job in physics because the jobs simply aren't there.

That's because jobs are poofed into existence by job creators.

Job creators currently dislike physicists for some reason.

However, they *love* teddy bear taxation issues.