I'm a politics kind of guy, and I was wondering, what does /sci/ wish their world leaders would pay more attention to in the scientific community? What traits would you like to find in your leader, and who are some that have modeled a good example for one who acknowledges science as a major element to a country?
politicians who have no scientific background just need to have legitimately knowledgeable individuals in their science/environment committees
in canada we had a nice MP who's a well-regarded environmentalist/physicist who wrote the putnam exam when he was in school
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Hsu
china's pretty good directly putting scientific people as president, current one did chemical engineering (Xi Jinping), another did hydroelectric work (Hu Jintao), electric engineering (Jiang Zemin) etc.
>>8188512
>What traits would you like to find in your leader
Agreeing with everything that I want. Same for everyone else. Problem is, most people don't know what they really want, not to mention they don't know shit about economics, politics, policies etc.
>who are some that have modeled a good example for one who acknowledges science as a major element to a country?
Lenin and the Soviet Union. Science being a core tenet of the state and rushing towards the automation and replacement of workers, rather than being something you slowly squeeze out to edge your opponents in cold war-esque races towards military superiority.
>>8188590
>in canada we had a nice MP who's a well-regarded environmentalist/physicist who wrote the putnam exam when he
>he
Excuse me? IT'S TWENTY SIXTEEN. Get with it, you fucking sexist.
>china's pretty good directly putting scientific people as president
>implying they all didn't all cheat their whole degrees through
>>8188512
>what does /sci/ wish their world leaders would pay more attention to in the scientific community?
All of it.
>What traits would you like to find in your leader,
A strong, logical, self-maintaining (and improving), fair and independent AI.
>and who are some that have modeled a good example for one who acknowledges science as a major element to a country?
>>>/his/
>>8188512
i don't want world leaders. i want a direct democracy where everyone is linked into a network at all times. true mob rule.
>>8188668
We'll nuke North Korea and within five days the majority will sway towards no war and surrender to have the shit bombed out of us.
>>8188676
thats kind of the idea. was also hoping that 500 million other voices in your head would drive everyone crazy.
>>8188590
Ted Hsu was a pretty inconsequential MP who never held a cabinet post or any position of import.
Marc Garneau (guy with the fucking leaf) is my favourite MP based on background alone even though he's liberal. He ran for leadership of the liberals and lost to the drama teacher we now call prime minister.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Garneau
>>8188512
>de facto leader of the EU
>has a phd in a hard science
I don't think her scientific background effects her policies though.
>>8188668
>direct democracy
Mental fucking health. Taking guns away will not make a terrorist not want to shoot a school, nor make a suicidal person suddenly not want to kill themselves.
