Understatement of the Year

[Phil1111 1,172]

Bill Gates turned down Trump job offer: ‘That’s not a good use of my time’
Bill Gates said in a new interview that he turned down President Trump’s offer to be the administration’s science adviser, saying “That’s not a good use of my time.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/385603-gates-turned-down-trump-job-offer-thats-not-a-good-use-of-my-time

One believes in science, one dosn't. One donates his money to charity, one steals from charities. One is a self made billionaire,one got his money from daddy. One is a billionaire the other one , ????

[RonD1120 62]

Don't forget BG stole software from Steve Jobs or Xerox I forget which.

Both faced major setbacks and overcame. Bottom line, both are hugely successful.

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[Phil1111 1,172]

RonD1120

Don't forget BG stole software from Steve Jobs or Xerox I forget which.

Both faced major setbacks and overcame. Bottom line, both are hugely successful.

https://www.quora.com/Did-Bill-Gates-really-copy-Apple-Macintosh-What-happened-then

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Phil1111

One believes in understands science, one doesn't.

That's one of the things that differentiates science from religion.

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[yoink 321]

You say that, but I don't think Bill Gates has been directly involved in a pure science field, has he?

Technology, absolutely. And he's got the credentials for humanitarian and business advisory positions for sure. But a general science advisor? I'm not so sure he'd be my first pick.

I think it's an example of President Trump believing that financial success means you can automatically be fantastic at everything. He certainly thinks that about himself.

[jcd11235 0]

yoink

You say that, but I don't think Bill Gates has been directly involved in a pure science field, has he?

As I understand, he was quite the gifted mathematician as an undergrad. I have zero doubt he is capable of objective research and understands the scientific method, and he has a proven record of effectively delegating authority in a large bureaucracy. The ideal choice? Perhaps not, but certainly a qualified candidate.

I'd definitely want him before pop culture scientists like Bill Nye or Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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jcd11235

I'd definitely want him before pop culture scientists like Bill Nye or Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Well, yeah. Although I'd pick either of those for President before the one we've currently got!

[billvon 3,109]

>I'd definitely want him before pop culture scientists like Bill Nye or Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Bill Nye is an engineer, not a scientist.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is indeed a scientist - an astrophysicist - who did a lot of work in his field at Princeton before becoming director of the Hayden Planetarium and switching to public speaking and advising.

[jakee 1,594]

That’s what I thought. Not to mention the key skill involved in being a ‘pop culture’ scientist is exactly the same as the key skill for a science advisor - being able to explain concepts to laymen.

Because the clue’s in the name - an advisor can’t do anything on his or her own, they need to be able to persuade the politicians that what they are saying is both correct and important.

Heck, could be that a kids tv presenter would be the perfect candidate

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[Phil1111 1,172]

jakee

That’s what I thought. Not to mention the key skill involved in being a ‘pop culture’ scientist is exactly the same as the key skill for a science advisor - being able to explain concepts to laymen.

Because the clue’s in the name - an advisor can’t do anything on his or her own, they need to be able to persuade the politicians that what they are saying is both correct and important.

Heck, could be that a kids tv presenter would be the perfect candidate

Are you saying that Benjamin Netanyahu nailed it? That he waited until the kindergarten was in secession then:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-deal-trump-israel-presentation-a8331226.html

That he knows how to talk to children?

[Bob_Church 7]

yoink

You say that, but I don't think Bill Gates has been directly involved in a pure science field, has he?

Technology, absolutely. And he's got the credentials for humanitarian and business advisory positions for sure. But a general science advisor? I'm not so sure he'd be my first pick.

I think it's an example of President Trump believing that financial success means you can automatically be fantastic at everything. He certainly thinks that about himself.

Anyone who can convince the world that Windows is a viable option for computing must have the gift.

[ryoder 1,590]

Bob_Church

***You say that, but I don't think Bill Gates has been directly involved in a pure science field, has he?

Technology, absolutely. And he's got the credentials for humanitarian and business advisory positions for sure. But a general science advisor? I'm not so sure he'd be my first pick.

I think it's an example of President Trump believing that financial success means you can automatically be fantastic at everything. He certainly thinks that about himself.

Anyone who can convince the world that Windows is a viable option for computing must have the gift.

That is the triumph of marketing over technology.
Microsoft was always a marketing machine first, and technology company second.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[billvon 3,109]

>Anyone who can convince the world that Windows is a viable option for computing must have the gift.

Given that it is running more than 80% of the world's computers, not much question that it's a viable option.

[Phil1111 1,172]

billvon

>Anyone who can convince the world that Windows is a viable option for computing must have the gift.

Given that it is running more than 80% of the world's computers, not much question that it's a viable option.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/218089/global-market-share-of-windows-7/

The general hate on for windows has diminished over the last 2-3 versions. Mac is still only 12%.

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billvon

Bill Nye is an engineer, not a scientist.

Okay. I was going for the more colloquial sense of the word, inclusive of STEM. Bill Nye, the Science Guy and all that.

billvon

Neil deGrasse Tyson is indeed a scientist - an astrophysicist - who did a lot of work in his field at Princeton before becoming director of the Hayden Planetarium and switching to public speaking and advising.

He's provided reason to suspect his celebrity (or something) has impacted his judgement as a scientist, though that's a whole different topic.

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