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[gffrd]

> terrible incentive for attracting some of the best and the brightest to enter the funnel

Maybe they don't want the best and the brightest?

[YossarianFrPrez → gffrd]

I've talked with many professors on the selection committees. They want the best, especially for competitive programs. All of the researchers I've talked with are keen on training the next generation of researchers.

[gffrd → YossarianFrPrez]

I’m not saying that the professors aren’t keen for the best—I mean the universities.

If the professors don’t leave / the pipeline doesn’t dry up as a result, why pay more?