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Originally Posted by allan gould
The major reason for the woeful lack of political interest in Science is due to the fact that most politicians can't even understand grade 5 science, and the one that thought he could - Labour's "Barry Moans" - actually talked over the top of a scientist giving a presentation, as that blow-hard thought he knew better on the subject.
If they cant stick their snouts into it then they just are not interested. Just look at where Australia's silicon/solar energy went to for finance - China.
Politicians and science just don't mix, because it takes too much for them to understand past a 15 second sound bite.
Just my personal opinion.
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I totally agree. If they think they can make money out of it (something they understand), they're all for it. If it actually takes thinking about it (something beyond their capacities), they run a mile in the opposite direction. "Barry Moans" is a joke...wins a few quiz shows and thinks he's Einstein.