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Article #1098Re: Sciencists/politics (was Hawking speaks out ...)
From: kenton yee
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 01:55
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 01:55
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In article <COLUMBUS.92Apr9094825@strident.think.com> columbus@strident.think.com (Michael Weiss) writes: >In article <9382@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Hal Lillywhite) >writes: > Unfortunately movie stars can support political candidates or causes > and people (including the media) give them coverage as though they > knew something special. Scientists usually don't get as much > attention (unless they speak out in support of some popular or > politically correct idea).... >Well, movie stars sometimes get elected, so maybe that makes their opinions >weightier than those of mere scientists :-)) Of course, the *role* of politicians is to sell/explain policies/ideas to the people, so it makes sense that movie stars are taken more seriously by the media than scientists... The question is... who influences Jane Fonda, and tells her what to say?
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!mips!darwin.sura.net!ukma!widener!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!psinntp!psinntp!bnlux1.bnl.gov!kyee From: kyee@bnlux1.bnl.gov (kenton yee) Subject: Re: Sciencists/politics (was Hawking speaks out ...) Message-ID: <1992Apr12.015525.27496@bnlux1.bnl.gov> Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 References: <8APR199214001279@sscvx1.ssc.gov> <9382@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> <COLUMBUS.92Apr9094825@strident.think.com> Distribution: world,local Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 01:55:25 GMT Lines: 18