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>For me, the whole case is a portent of the incapacity of today's politicians. Yes. Hilbert said "Physics is too hard for physicists.". Politics is many order
by iamcurious 11y ago
>For me, the whole case is a portent of the incapacity of today's politicians.
Yes. Hilbert said "Physics is too hard for physicists.".
Politics is many order of magnitude harder. I would give one arm for reducing the difficulty of politics to even chemistry hard.
- PythonicAlpha 11y agoMaybe chemists would be better politicians. Maybe nearly any educated person ...
- arethuza 11y agoWorth noting that Angela Merkel has a doctorate in quantum chemistry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel#Background_and_early_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel#Background_and_e...
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThere's this saying, "Doctors bury their mistakes, architects cover theirs with vines, teachers send theirs into politics."
- selimthegrim 11y agoThis wasn't Bethe? Source?