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- From: hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Hal F Lillywhite)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: George Brown (was It's Down to the Last Blank Check)
- Message-ID: <10339@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 17:15:21 GMT
- References: <26193@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1992Sep10.021416.17389@galois.mit.edu> <mcirvin.716139378@husc8>
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- In article <mcirvin.716139378@husc8> mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) writes:
- >jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:
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- >> I sort of agree, sort
- >>of disagree, etc. etc. etc.. I just wanted to pass this one
- >>on without endorsing this fellow's opinions. Since he's in power his
- >>opinions matter.
-
- >Some parts of the letter seemed odd to me. It seems like between the lines
- >what he's proposing is essentially the cessation of most scientific
- >research, and the establishment of some means of requiring that proposed
- >research explicitly work toward his stated goals for humanity...
-
- For those really interested in Congressman Brown's views (and we all
- should be since he has a *lot* of say in science funding) Try the
- Feb 92 edition of _Physics Today_, p38ff. Brown participated in a
- roundtable sponsored by that magazine, which roundtable is therein
- reported. An interesting article in its own right.
-
- Of course we can also compare his comments speaking to scientists
- with what he told the general public in the letter in question.
-