The number of students studying science at university is constantly declining. What do you think are the causes? What effects will this have on our society?

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number of students attending the scientific faculties in universities

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lower with every year. I reckon, there are two main reasons for it.

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, science is incredibly hard to study. Interesting and captivating though science seems,

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, it has never been supposed as a suitable affair for average minds. It

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not enough to collect multiple facts and read the books, written by ancestors.

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in science requires

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creative and open-minded.

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specific attitude, the natural curiosity, and the ability to work immensely hard and with real passion, there would probably

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not been any inventions.

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, for pragmatic young people, it is quite obvious that

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career could not be considered

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financial stability and wealth.

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you live. In emerging countries, most

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programs are sponsored insufficiently. Young scientists will

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never gain

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wages as their peers, who got degrees in law or computer sciences.

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, the absence of fresh ideas and innovative approaches would significantly slow down

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progress of

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mankind. To sum up, in my opinion, fear of failure in the hard field of scientific learning and the lack of investments are the main reasons why

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youngsters prefer to earn degrees in other spheres. If neglected, that problem might

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stagnation in medicine, space research, and many other scientific fields playing

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for future generations.