Wanted on the Hill: A Few Good Scientists
They've never been big in Congress, but as their work is challenged, that may change
By
Bret Schulte
Posted December 6, 2007
Voters may soon notice an influx of candidates more comfortable working an algorithm than a crowd.
The workshops are nonpartisan, with the goal to recruit scientists, not Democrats or Republicans. "There is almost a culture built up to criticize scientists and the scientific process," Brown says. If that's true, then electing scientists to the political hothouse may be an experiment long overdue.
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