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NYT headline in five years (or WSJ headline in one year): "When Intelligence Fails"

• Eliezer 18y ago
  I'm not totally sure that the talent set to win a Nobel Prize is the same as the talent set for being Secretary of Energy. I hope he's had some economics training.
  • nihilocrat 18y ago
    I don't know, we haven't had much experience with actually qualified people holding positions of power near the highest office of the country. I see this as a minor triumph for meritocracy. Smart people tend to be quick and adaptable learners, so the biggest problem I can see is him burning out because he has to work with the US bureaucracy.
    • anamax 18y ago
      What makes you think that a physics nobel qualifies Chu to be Energy secretary? I'm reminded of the book "The Best and the Brightest" - it documents their failure. In other news, the US energy problems are not technical in nature. Technologists tend to overstate the importance of technology, despite being surrounded by evidence that it isn't all that important.
• jaws 18y ago
  *NYT webline in five years.