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Re: I know a knowledge of science isn't a prerequisite for running a country...

Mark Schnitzius
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:26:12 -0800

Sad.  Could you imagine him saying something like
*economics* isn't his strong point?  For some reason
it's okay to be bad at science.

Maybe Bush could give him a quick primer the next time
he visits.  I understand he minored in astrophysics.

The worst world leader in this regard, imho, is Thabo
Mbeki of South Africa.  He has the blood of thousands
on his hands because of his crackpot beliefs about
AIDS, with thousands or millions more to come.  Don't
even get me started.


--Mark


--- LARRY KLAES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> .. but sigh:
> 
> The prime minister, who admitted that science had
> passed him by at school, was given a run-down of the
> Huygens space probe by scientists at the Open
> University in Milton Keynes.
> 
>
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1415914,00.html<http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1415914,00.html>
>   
> He said: "I missed out on science at school, I'm
> afraid. It passed me by completely, but it's a
> fantastic subject." 
> 
> He added: "It must have been fascinating to work on
> it, though." 
> 
> The professor replied: "On good days." 
> 
> As the prime minister left, Prof Zarnecki presented
> him with a copy of the last photograph taken by
> Huygens of the surface of Titan. 
> 
> Mr Blair told him: "My little boy will love it."
> 
> 
> 
> 



                
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