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It's shameful because he's not a scientist, and his opinion is irrelevant. He was put in charge of NASA to administer it in a business sense, not to put a thumb
by jfengel 6mo ago
It's shameful because he's not a scientist, and his opinion is irrelevant. He was put in charge of NASA to administer it in a business sense, not to put a thumb on the scale of scientific decision-making.
He's entitled to an opinion, same as anybody else. But most people's opinions don't make the newspapers and don't direct actual scientists in their jobs.
- cratermoon 6mo agoDo you apply the same criteria for who can decide to other billionaire entrepreneurs, like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk?
- jfengel 6mo agoDecision-making is his job. There's no criteria for me to apply; it is a simple fact that he gets to decide things. If you're asking how I feel about a billionaire expressing an un-scientific opinion, then I say it's still shameful, but less consequential.