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Related: About this forumWho would you suggest as Science Advisor for the next president?
All of our presidents since FDR have had their own Science Advisor to the President. Who would you suggest as a science advisor for our next Democratic president? I say 'democratic' because I can't imagine anything more futile than being a science advisor for a Republican administration. It's like being morale officer on the Titanic!
I would avoid big name people like Neil deGrasse Tyson or Michio Kaku; someone from academia or NASA would be preferable.
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Who would you suggest as Science Advisor for the next president? (Original Post)
LongTomH
Aug 2015
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immoderate
(20,885 posts)1. Nobody from Monsanto!
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bananas
(27,509 posts)7. Nassim Taleb would be a great choice! nt
cloudbase
(5,525 posts)2. David Baltimore
Nobel Prize winner and former president of Caltech.
Second choice would be Bowen Loftin, chancellor at Missouri-Columbia.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. Bill Nye
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)5. Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)4. Trump will probably go with John Travolta
He's a scientologist
He won't be able to get Tom Cruise because he's still makes a living as an actor.
northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)8. That's a very good question for the candidates to answer.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)9. Lisa Randall- This Woman makes me glad I took Physics. She's wonderful!!
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)10. The photo got flipped
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)12. That's because it was about anti-matter.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)11. Jeff Masters
from Weather Underground