Being a scientist (physicist), I think I can answer that question. I am deeply interested in helping people, and yes, this means if it were up to me, I'd try t

Being a scientist (physicist), I think I can answer that question. I am deeply interested in helping people, and yes, this means if it were up to me, I'd try to replace all sorts of legislation, and I think there are many things that could be dealt with much, much better. In the end, however, I think I would find a job as a politician extremely frustrating. Sure, I might be able to deal with the bureaucracy, but I like to have a job that I, well, like. Being a politician would mean voluntarily surrendering myself to the plague of bureaucracy, and I would probably go mad. Call me arrogant if you wish, but I simply don't think I could deal with many of those politicians for very long before getting all upset and claiming they're all a bunch of fools who should stop being such ideological illogical idiots. Thus, I try to help people in a more indirect way, by doing what I enjoy. Namely, science.