He believes he might want to be an academic. I believe he is more passionate about biology as a field of study than he is committed to the visceral prospect of having the resolve to grind through years of research that may not be the most rewarding. He is a utilitarian who is as concerned with helping others, particularly animals, a la Brian Tomasik, and seems to care about that as much or more than his drive to study a particular subject. I don’t know if his concern for welfare generalizes to a motivation for a career of triage and care that medicine provides, or if he is merely in it for the potential to affect the world with influence, and money, or both.
He believes he might want to be an academic. I believe he is more passionate about biology as a field of study than he is committed to the visceral prospect of having the resolve to grind through years of research that may not be the most rewarding. He is a utilitarian who is as concerned with helping others, particularly animals, a la Brian Tomasik, and seems to care about that as much or more than his drive to study a particular subject. I don’t know if his concern for welfare generalizes to a motivation for a career of triage and care that medicine provides, or if he is merely in it for the potential to affect the world with influence, and money, or both.