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From: Timo Nieminen on 12 Sep 2006 23:00 On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: > Timo Nieminen wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: > > > tadchem 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. > > > > > > Personally I'd rather have a technically educated person in a position > > > of leadership rather than a lawyer or an MBA. > > > > Shades of Plato and his preference for philospher-kings! > > It is easier to make a philosopher a king than a king a philosopher. Perhaps that explains Plato'slack of success, given that he tried the latter. Perhaps he could have tried a coup, but then he would have needed the army on his side, and given their usual preference for general-kings ... -- Timo Nieminen - Home page: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/ E-prints: http://eprint.uq.edu.au/view/person/Nieminen,_Timo_A..html Shrine to Spirits: http://www.users.bigpond.com/timo_nieminen/spirits.html
From: Eric Gisse on 12 Sep 2006 23:59 Timo Nieminen wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: > > > Timo Nieminen wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: > > > > tadchem 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. > > > > > > > > Personally I'd rather have a technically educated person in a position > > > > of leadership rather than a lawyer or an MBA. > > > > > > Shades of Plato and his preference for philospher-kings! > > > > It is easier to make a philosopher a king than a king a philosopher. > > Perhaps that explains Plato'slack of success, given that he tried the > latter. Perhaps he could have tried a coup, but then he would have needed > the army on his side, and given their usual preference for > general-kings ... My readings on Plato is admittedly weak, but I wasn't aware he actually *tried* anything of that nature. My understanding was he was a teacher and a philosopher. More into theory, than practice, if you will. > > -- > Timo Nieminen - Home page: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/ > E-prints: http://eprint.uq.edu.au/view/person/Nieminen,_Timo_A..html > Shrine to Spirits: http://www.users.bigpond.com/timo_nieminen/spirits.html
From: mmeron on 13 Sep 2006 00:10 In article <1158114290.622040.278440(a)i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "Eric Gisse" <jowr.pi(a)gmail.com> writes: > >Timo Nieminen wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: >> >> > tadchem 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. >> > >> > Personally I'd rather have a technically educated person in a position >> > of leadership rather than a lawyer or an MBA. >> >> Shades of Plato and his preference for philospher-kings! > >It is easier to make a philosopher a king than a king a philosopher. > You sure? I know of at least one example of a king (emperor, actually) who was a philosopher. But I know of no case when philosopher became a king. Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool, meron(a)cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
From: Timo Nieminen on 13 Sep 2006 00:48 On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: > Timo Nieminen wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: > > > Timo Nieminen wrote: > > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2006, Eric Gisse wrote: > > > > > tadchem 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. > > > > > > > > > > Personally I'd rather have a technically educated person in a position > > > > > of leadership rather than a lawyer or an MBA. > > > > > > > > Shades of Plato and his preference for philospher-kings! > > > > > > It is easier to make a philosopher a king than a king a philosopher. > > > > Perhaps that explains Plato'slack of success, given that he tried the > > latter. Perhaps he could have tried a coup, but then he would have needed > > the army on his side, and given their usual preference for > > general-kings ... > > My readings on Plato is admittedly weak, but I wasn't aware he actually > *tried* anything of that nature. My understanding was he was a teacher > and a philosopher. More into theory, than practice, if you will. He apparently took up the job (twice even?) of tutoring the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius II, despite being busy in the philosphising industry. -- Timo Nieminen - Home page: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/ E-prints: http://eprint.uq.edu.au/view/person/Nieminen,_Timo_A..html Shrine to Spirits: http://www.users.bigpond.com/timo_nieminen/spirits.html
From: Gunnar Kaestle on 13 Sep 2006 04:58
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Did it say what her expertise was? Perhaps a better question is > whether she's theorist or experimentalist. Analysis of the mechanism of breakup reaktions with single bond breaking and calculation of their rate constant based on quantum-chemical and statistical methods Titel: Untersuchung des Mechanismus von Zerfallsreaktionen mit einfachem Bindungsbruch und Berechnung ihrer Geschwindigkeitskonstanten auf der Grundlage quantenchemischer und statistischer Methoden Verfasser: Merkel, Angela Erscheinungsjahr: 1986 Umfang/Format: V, 153 Bl. : graph. Darst. ; 30 cm Hochschulschrift: Berlin, Akad. d. Wiss. d. DDR, Diss. A, 1986 Sachgruppe: 30 Chemie -- /^\ \ / Plain-Text Ribbon Campain X Say NO to HTML in email and news! / \ |