What other production activities could studios engage in if they didn’t hire these mathematicians and scientists?

If production studios didn't hire mathematicians and scientists, they could possibly make more movies, hire more actors and actresses, make documentary films, experiment with different genres, pay extra salary to their employees, improve the set decor, and so on.

the old way of life was represented by superstition, an angry god, and absolute submission to authority. the thinkers of the age of reason ushered in a new way of thinking. this new way championed the accomplishments of humankind. individuals did not have to accept despair. science and reason could bring happiness and progress. kings did not rule by divine right. they had an obligation to their subjects. europeans pondered the implications for nearly a century. americans put them into practice first.

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