Surely the simple fact that we have a desperate shortage of nurses means that we need to pay them substantially more in order to attract new recruits. That's basic economics, isn't it? (View Post)

Some aspects of law are surely ripe for automation by AI. It's hard (for a non-lawyer like me) to imagine that conveyancing, for example, is reliant on the spark of human cogitation. (View Post)

After I completed my PhD I moved to Germany to work, and I found that people there tend to use their titles more than here. I got the impression that your academic title actually becomes part of your… (View Post)

It's no surprise that immigrants are smarter and more ambitious on average - it takes some organisation and get-up-and-go to move to another country. (I was an immigrant myself for 10 years, to Germa… (View Post)

I'm not sure who Stephen Hawkins is, but the acclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking was an avowed atheist throughout his life. (View Post)