>>13436595Most interesting research is done in private these days anyway, think of any tech company, any drug company, any of the billionaire moonshot companies. All that happens in academia is a bunch of coneheads conspire to get each other in the same journals then jerk their little ding dongs to the thought of getting published. There is a reason why suicide rates are sky high in grad school.
The one caveat is if you are upper class. If you are rich then yeah go to college and do drugs and get pussy for four years, who gives a shit. It'd be better if you spent the time studying but if you're a spoiled little brat you'll never take good advice anyway.