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Not a fan of her, but can you name 10 things ("lot of") that are "dumb shit" that she did?

diffeomorphism 6y ago
"zensursula" is quite well-known. "Accidently" erasing her phone and destroying files during an investigation. Several scandals and affairs in relation to the Bundeswehr. Not ten, but these immediately come to mind.
- the-dude 6y ago
  Didn't she lie about her education?
- KingOfCoders 6y ago
  The introduction of her PhD didn't contain enough footnotes.
  - cygx 6y ago
    Cf Wikipedia[1]: According to the investigation by the university, about 20% of her work suffered from missing or incorrect citations, including 3 'grave errors'. However, there was no evidence of fraud, merely sloppiness, and she got to keep her 'Dr. med'. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#Plagiate_in_der_Dissertation https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#Plagiate_...
KingOfCoders 6y ago
She did not "accidentally" erase her phone, it was someone else. The one she erased was not accidentally but on purpose (when there were no laws or guidance I erased also my phones before I got them back to my former employer, so we differe here on what "dumb shit" is). So we have two, black lists for websites and spending millions on consultants while choosing Accenture and McKinsey instead of some other charlatans. The problem here is obviously not how the companies were chosen but that millions were given to consulting companies with no clue. I might add "throwing away a rather good gun" - others would debate this. So we might have three. Lots of? And I'd only really consider black lists as "dumb shit" but YMMV. But we may vary on "lots of". If someone says "I have lots of beer at home" I would be rather dissapointed if in the end it were three beer (1.5 for each of us! ;-)
- Semaphor 6y ago
  She said and did several dumb to horrific things during her Zensursula time, I do not feel like dragging all the quotes out of the depth of 2009/10

"zensursula" is quite well-known. "Accidently" erasing her phone and destroying files during an investigation. Several scandals and affairs in relation to the Bundeswehr. Not ten, but these immediately come to mind.

the-dude 6y ago
Didn't she lie about her education?
KingOfCoders 6y ago
The introduction of her PhD didn't contain enough footnotes.
- cygx 6y ago
  Cf Wikipedia[1]: According to the investigation by the university, about 20% of her work suffered from missing or incorrect citations, including 3 'grave errors'. However, there was no evidence of fraud, merely sloppiness, and she got to keep her 'Dr. med'. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#Plagiate_in_der_Dissertation https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#Plagiate_...

KingOfCoders 6y ago

She did not "accidentally" erase her phone, it was someone else. The one she erased was not accidentally but on purpose (when there were no laws or guidance I erased also my phones before I got them back to my former employer, so we differe here on what "dumb shit" is). So we have two, black lists for websites and spending millions on consultants while choosing Accenture and McKinsey instead of some other charlatans. The problem here is obviously not how the companies were chosen but that millions were given to consulting companies with no clue. I might add "throwing away a rather good gun" - others would debate this. So we might have three. Lots of? And I'd only really consider black lists as "dumb shit" but YMMV. But we may vary on "lots of". If someone says "I have lots of beer at home" I would be rather dissapointed if in the end it were three beer (1.5 for each of us! ;-)

Semaphor 6y ago
She said and did several dumb to horrific things during her Zensursula time, I do not feel like dragging all the quotes out of the depth of 2009/10