Smart people prefer Obama - now with 80% more living proof

[goletian]

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/nobel_laureates.html

Nobel laureates line up behind Obama's science policy

Barack Obama's campaign today laid out a detailed http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/FactSheetScience.pdf">science policy, including a commitment to double funding for major science agencies over the next decade. The campaign also announced that 61 Nobel laureates -- including many current and former Bay State scientists -- are endorsing Obama.

Calling the Bush Administration's science policy "disastrous," MIT professor and Nobel laureate Robert Horvitz joined a conference call to speak in support of Obama's science policy, which includes elevating the role of White House science adviser to a senior-level position and reversing the ban on using federal funds for human embryonic stem cell research on cell lines created after August 9, 2001.

"Instead of shutting scientific knowledge out of the White House, Senator Obama will engage top scientists," Horvitz said. "Instead of blocking groundbreaking efforts to use embryonic stem cell research to find cures for diseases like Parkinson's disease... Senator Obama will provide strong support to these efforts."

In a http://obama.3cdn.net/6667d14fd1301d9e8e_dbg0mvxzz.pdf">letter of endorsement, the Nobel laureates wrote that visionary science and technology policy would be essential to maintain US competitiveness. They ranged from Sheldon L. Glashow, the Harvard physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979, to Craig C. Mello, the University of Massachusetts Medical School at Worcester biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2006.

"Our once dominant position in the scientific world has been shaken and our prosperity has been placed at risk," the letter states. "We have lost time critical for the development of new ways to provide energy, treat disease, reverse climate change, strengthen our security, and improve out economy."

old vid that is now much more relevant (nobel prize winning economist inside):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk8XpLHG_4A

[LiberalEsto]

1. I remember when JFK welcomed "the best and the brightest"

to the White House.

How things have changed since then.

[goletian]

2. takes the best and the brightest to know the best and the brightest ;) - nt

[PBS Poll-435]

3. Now we get Breasts and the Whitest.

[goletian]

4. "jest and the slightist" :P - nt

[Emit]

5. Elitists!

:sarcasm:

:rofl:

On a serious note, that is a huge relief to hear, but not unexpected. I'm glad to hear they put a letter of endorsement out in support of Obama. :thumbsup:

[Poiuyt]

6. Unfortunately, that reminds me of that Adlai Stevenson quote

"Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!"

"That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!"

during his 1956 campaign

[goletian]

8. haha, good one. wow, your sig banner makes the text look slanted... - nt

[1776Forever]

7. This is so very important in the time in history - China & India are all ready doing it!

Can we really start to be proactive again and lead the world in Science and discoveries?

Hope so!