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From: jmfbahciv on 11 Sep 2006 06:00 In article <1157904416.697779.207410(a)m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, "tadchem" <tadchem(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >Edward Green wrote: >> ...according to Forbes Magazine, is Angela Merkel, chancellor of >> Germany. Chancellor Merkel holds a doctorate in physics from the >> University of Leipzig. >> >> Imagine! A world leader who may understand the second law of >> thermodynamics. > >Technical competence does not necessarily translate to leadership >competence. > >James Earl Carter was a BS nuclear engineer from the US Naval Academy. I always thought that a cause of his adminstrative problems was due to his science training: he required all the details which can bog you down w.r.t. decisions if you're the head of anything. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 11 Sep 2006 06:03 In article <1157899801.456347.106430(a)m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, "Edward Green" <spamspamspam3(a)netzero.com> wrote: >....according to Forbes Magazine, is Angela Merkel, chancellor of >Germany. Chancellor Merkel holds a doctorate in physics from the >University of Leipzig. > >Imagine! A world leader who may understand the second law of >thermodynamics. Did it say what her expertise was? Perhaps a better question is whether she's theorist or experimentalist. /BAH
From: Edward Green on 12 Sep 2006 18:53 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <1157904416.697779.207410(a)m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, > "tadchem" <tadchem(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > >Edward Green wrote: > >> ...according to Forbes Magazine, is Angela Merkel, chancellor of > >> Germany. Chancellor Merkel holds a doctorate in physics from the > >> University of Leipzig. > >> > >> Imagine! A world leader who may understand the second law of > >> thermodynamics. > > > >Technical competence does not necessarily translate to leadership > >competence. > > > >James Earl Carter was a BS nuclear engineer from the US Naval Academy. > > I always thought that a cause of his adminstrative problems was > due to his science training: he required all the details which > can bog you down w.r.t. decisions if you're the head of anything. I don't know if that has any correlation with scientific training: that's "micromanaging", and it's quite possible to do this without any scientific training at all. I also wouldn't put a naval "nuclear engineer" on the same page as a doctorate in physics: his was a very goal directed and pragmatic kind of technical education.
From: mmeron on 12 Sep 2006 19:14 In article <1158101637.503114.93370(a)i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "Edward Green" <spamspamspam3(a)netzero.com> writes: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> In article <1157904416.697779.207410(a)m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, >> "tadchem" <tadchem(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> > >> >Edward Green wrote: >> >> ...according to Forbes Magazine, is Angela Merkel, chancellor of >> >> Germany. Chancellor Merkel holds a doctorate in physics from the >> >> University of Leipzig. >> >> >> >> Imagine! A world leader who may understand the second law of >> >> thermodynamics. >> > >> >Technical competence does not necessarily translate to leadership >> >competence. >> > >> >James Earl Carter was a BS nuclear engineer from the US Naval Academy. >> >> I always thought that a cause of his adminstrative problems was >> due to his science training: he required all the details which >> can bog you down w.r.t. decisions if you're the head of anything. > >I don't know if that has any correlation with scientific training: >that's "micromanaging", and it's quite possible to do this without any >scientific training at all. > >I also wouldn't put a naval "nuclear engineer" on the same page as a >doctorate in physics: his was a very goal directed and pragmatic kind >of technical education. > And, the belief that scientific training translates to "requiring all the details" is quite false. On the contrary, it is a matter of recognizing which details matter and which can be ignored. Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool, meron(a)cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
From: Eric Gisse on 12 Sep 2006 19:20
John Schutkeker wrote: > "Edward Green" <spamspamspam3(a)netzero.com> wrote in > news:1157899801.456347.106430(a)m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: > > > ...according to Forbes Magazine, is Angela Merkel, chancellor of > > Germany. Chancellor Merkel holds a doctorate in physics from the > > University of Leipzig. > > > > Imagine! A world leader who may understand the second law of > > thermodynamics. > > But she still can't decide whether she likes having her shoulders rubbed by > George Junior. :P Her reaction suggests she was quite sure. |