It becomes uneasy sometimes being a PhD student (in India). All one does in his term is clone a gene or two and express some enzyme, which in most cases have no chance of having any use to society.
It all finally seems to be a drama. A country shows how much it is spending on research and development. A lots of funds are literally wasted over expensive chemicals which eventually come from foreign countries ( why not do some research and produce ones own chemicals first?). At the end someone develops a technology outside which we buy/rent or a weaker version of it outsourced to the third world. Anything, from clothes, shoes, to chemicals in lab. More money flows out which totally is unnecessary.
Why shouldn't we just use technologies that are already established or invest in developing technologies that we might be able to do successfully (oh, all of them know it!). But yes, people get employment. Some get even rich. Few even become great scientists! Most waste half of their lives and go back to find some jobs in schools and colleges inspiring next generation to follow their route.
It all finally seems to be a drama. A country shows how much it is spending on research and development. A lots of funds are literally wasted over expensive chemicals which eventually come from foreign countries ( why not do some research and produce ones own chemicals first?). At the end someone develops a technology outside which we buy/rent or a weaker version of it outsourced to the third world. Anything, from clothes, shoes, to chemicals in lab. More money flows out which totally is unnecessary.
Why shouldn't we just use technologies that are already established or invest in developing technologies that we might be able to do successfully (oh, all of them know it!). But yes, people get employment. Some get even rich. Few even become great scientists! Most waste half of their lives and go back to find some jobs in schools and colleges inspiring next generation to follow their route.
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