<p>I love the whole waste management system analogy. In what field were the sickness causing agents in our waste discovered? Biology. Without Biology, we’d still be wondering why unsanitary places cause more disease. True, I guess, you could do a study and find that the rate of death in unsanitary places is higher. But no one would know why. Biology ties everything together. Scientists are on the tip of manufacturing a new mosquito which resists malaria and is hardier than common mosquito. Eradicating malaria would save millions of lives through BIOLOGY. No one can dispute the fact that engineering is lucrative and useful. But the job market in engineering isn’t really as good as the job market from other fields. Genetic manipulation has the possibility to save foods and increase crop yields in third world countries, saving hundreds of people from dying of hunger. How is that useless. I am disgusted by your encouragement to bright minds to eschew biology/medicine and instead work in business. Great, maybe they can contribute to the next stock market crash by creating risky loans based on nothing but air. The shortage of doctors can continue to decrease and our odds of finding cures to diseases like AIDS, Cancer, and Malaria can decrease exponentially. Really, who needs more pretty buildings by Civil engineers? I’d rather live longer, thank you very much.</p>