“I wish politicians were better at science” - Musk on the Joe Rogan podcast Hits hard, especially given the state of the Australian government at the moment
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Replying to @cosimia_
We don’t need politicians to be particularly familiar with science. They can outsource that. A health minister doesn’t need to know medicine nor defence minister know much about tanks. Politicians need to be good at speaking clearly & articulating ideas so we can criticise them.
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Replying to @ToKTeacher
That’s true, although without that scientific background they have little incentive to pay attention to science at all
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Replying to @cosimia_
I dunno. I have no medical background but a real interest in what goes on there. The same with finance and law. Indeed many many things I don’t have a background in, I like to pay attention to. I’m sure I’m not alone :)
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Replying to @ToKTeacher
I respect your optimism
although I imagine you might be an exception to the general rule. I guess the best display of my thoughts on this is the lack of climate change action in Aus despite scientific consensus and public opinion1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cosimia_
Well all purported action in Australia has so far been solution avoidance. So taxation for example. Have you seen David’s TED talk where he uses climate change as an example how people avoid “fixes” (solutions)? It’s just after the 15 min mark here:https://www.ted.com/talks/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos/up-next#t-892617 …
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That was really interesting! But I think that there are positive and measurable changes we can make that follow the lead of other counties, as well as investing in long term solutions such as the mirrors etc. Right now we are not only avoiding, but still contributing to the issue
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