Re: law

rainbow dude wrote:
> 
> I would like to mandate a federal government law that when an employer
> faces two equally-skilled applicants, and one of them have a PhD, and
> the other does not, the preference should be given to the candidate
> with a PhD. The violation of this regulation should become a breach of
> EEO principles, too.
> 
> Rainbow dude

A. It will never get passed.
B. The concept of EEO is meant to deal conditions that are outside
   one's control but may have societal prejudices, and do not affect
   one's ability to do the job, of which having a Ph.D. is neither
   (although it may qualify for the societal prejudices part ;-) ).

Other than those points, I like your idea, but perhaps it should be
pushed farther: make it a legal definition that anyone with a Ph.D.
is better qualified than anyone without one.  It can't be any old
English Lit Ph.D. either, but has to be in something like stellar
astrophysics! :-)  Let's have stellar astrophysicists as CEOs of
all these big corporations, making the big bucks they deserve while
those Havard MBA types have to take the burger flipping jobs!  Yes,
Brothers and Sisters, let's give a new definition to the term
"scientific revolution"! [music from "Les Miserables" swelling] :-)

Regards,
Russell