Vince Cable is an economist through and through, whatever his first degree was in.
It's the old mantra. Science is technology advanced enough to seem like magic to these guys, so more scientists is the magic answer to all woes. All other subjects outside the charmed STEM are "irrelevant". Even though the people making the decisions all have that sort of degree themselves. PPE followed by think tank or researcher job followed by a seat to nurse.
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Date: 2010-05-24 04:14 pm (UTC)It's the old mantra. Science is technology advanced enough to seem like magic to these guys, so more scientists is the magic answer to all woes. All other subjects outside the charmed STEM are "irrelevant". Even though the people making the decisions all have that sort of degree themselves. PPE followed by think tank or researcher job followed by a seat to nurse.