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kjkjadksj 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A Texas "moth man" photographed 550 species in his...

What do you mean? There are more stem PhDs than ever before. Field work is still happening. More than ever perhaps with the ever present desire for genomic surveys of natural populations. Not just in academic work but in industry supported work as well.

vsuperpower2021 6 months ago | [–]

It's pretty well known that PhD certificates don't have the same value as they used to. Having more of them is a side effect of that.

i_am_proteus 6 months ago | [–]

Specifically, there are fewer entomologists.

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