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Originally Posted by jsb235
This is legit the dumbest thing I have ever read in my life.
Then you know nothing about doctoral programs. Change "Peru" for any economically developed country you like and the claim is the same. Doctoral programs are inexistent, and talented future scientists go abroad to study. There's a reason half the PhDs awarded in the US in real disciplines (science) are given to foreigners.
One of the few institutionalized contexts that is really somewhat comparable to professional athletics is research science. A research scientist at a major university is comparably elite to a professional soccer/football/basketball player. Probably more so. A typical US university carries 80+ football players, but maybe 10-20 physics doctoral students. And similarly, to realize potential, a lot of training and development is required. The reward structures are different, and that matters, but some ideas are viable in both contexts. One of them is sending talent abroad to where it can receive the best training. Poorer countries tend to spend public money to send their future scientists/engineers abroad to study. The US could do the same with its soccer talent.