I'm a second year mathematics major at a pretty good school. Ever since I became a math major I have been most interested in set theory and logic, which I guess can be lumped into the category of foundations of mathematics. Reading about Kurt Gödel and the story of Hilbert's programme really inspired me. My plans now are to find a mathematical logic program to go into foundational research, but I saw a post on a forum that really discouraged and shocked me.
It can be found here.
Similar posts in the thread also offer a bleak outlook.
Is it true? Is it mostly a dead field filled with quacks and not much going on?