From: "Gary Britt" 

Your sweeping false stereotypes and dramatic over-simplifications make it
hard for me to take seriously complaints about such things in others.

Cheers,

Gary


"Judy Folkenberg"  wrote in
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>
>
> Gary Britt wrote:
>
> > >>>"Some may have even deserved the honor.  Others
certainly not.  Nobel
> > awards are political as much as anything else.  Scientists on a
government
> > grant
> > aren't bureaucrats by the way.
>
> I'm talking about employees of a government agency, not grantees.  The
prizes in
> Literature and Peace are far more political than those in Medicine.
Independent
> of the Nobel many of the government scientists I know have discovered the
> genetic underpinnings of many diseases, were key figures in unraveling the
AIDS
> puzzle (got a to give credit to the French here) and in fact, a scientist
where
> I work was instrumental in doing the cutting edge research that helped
identify
> many of the remains from 9/11.
>
> > >>>Your question regarding Enron is only relevant to the
statement you
quote
> > if
> > you can show Enron represents a majority of successful businessmen.
> > Otherwise, your statement is just anecdotal hyperbole.
> >
> >
>
> Wasn't a major accounting firm also implicated?
>
> My main beef is that you simplfy things.  Shady business behavior and/or
> incompetence exists everywhere...some businesses are run very well and
> ethically, others are not.  Some bureaucrats are grossly incompetent,
others are
> great.
>
> Interestingly enough many of the scientists where I work are avidly
courted by
> the private sector.  The former director of a major medical government
Institute
> is now medical director for Bill Gates's foundation.  That kind of story
is
> frequent.
>
> Judy
>
>

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