Don't Need No Science Advisor
Sometimes Bob Park, who writes What's New (for physicists and others), is just too funny for words (except his own) — at least to his fellow physicists who, it must be admited, are not reallly noted for their outrageous senses of humor.
Anyway, from today's edition (Friday, 14 April 2006):
DOE: SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN DISBANDS HIS ADVISORY BOARD.
He has never met with SEAB. A DOE spokesman explained that the Secretary, a chemical engineer, has "a science background," and doesn't need advice. Besides, President Bush doesn't have a science advisor, and look at how well things are going. When Ronald Regan became President, he initially declined to name a Science Advisor. He explained that he knew an engineer back in California he could call if anything ever came up.
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on Saturday, 15 April 2006 at 02.56
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Yeah, right. I'm sure his chemical engineering has amply prepared Bodman to weigh the merits of mag-lev rail transit designs and such like.
Had the secretary's flack been really honest, he or she would've said he doesn't need expert scientific input because lobbyists from favored corporations and industries provide all the input.