What an interesting Notion. Imagine if our president was an astro-physicist, or quantum-physicist, or a world renowned scientist? This is not limited to the U.S.A, any nation for that matter. Imagine if all of the UN, were brilliant scientists, authors, mathematicians, instead of politicians. I am not eluding that the heads of nations are inept. I am merely saying “what if”.
Lets say Einstein or any great scientific thinkers were to be in office. The dynamics of the world itself, the global economy may very well change. Speaking as an American, imagine an oval office not wrought with deception, or a congress not infected with the sickness of greed or infidelity. A governess without corruption. I am not saying that scientists or mathematicians or physicists or the like are immune to the lusts and greeds that anyone else is subject to. What I am saying is there are scientists, physicists,etc.etc… that are only concerned with the aquisition of truth, and knowledge. [I don’t think our senators/congressman/president has truth as their highest priority]
Look at Clinton/Condit “I didn’t have sex, I did have sex” give me a frigg’in break. National offices are run on a certain amount of corruption. It is just the way it is.
However, if the Gov’t was run by a scientist etc.etc…we may be more concerned with keeping a nation in truth and new discovery than building a missle defense system. Or concerned with being hit by an asteroid and a defense for that. Or perfecting intra-stellar travel… the list could go on and on.
I understand global commerse and defense and national economy are extremely important. Of utmost importance even, but imagine if those issues were dealt with a scientific way/method? What would change? Would we be terra-forming planets surrounding Alpha-Centauri sooner, or would we be visiting planets light years away?
More importantly, would we be acting as a global entity, not our defensive singular nations.
Any thoughts?