Intellectual Superiority Quotes
When asked to explain why the U. S. had supplied $11 billion to the Soviet Union in lend-lease aid during World War II:
If one adjusts for socioeconomic factors, it is the Asians who have the highest IQs in America, not the Jews.
This is a very material quotation with regard to Congress creating science-related policies and legislation. The members of Congress know the least about scientific matters than almost anything else that they have to legislate about. So typically they rely on scientific experts. Scientists are witnesses at Congressional hearings and often the political, polarized staff arrange to have scientists who disagree in something. They both have PhDs in the field, but one may be a great scientists and the other, a lightweight. This is where Alverez’s point becomes so critical. The Congress and staff have to learn how to differentiate between a “second rater” or a “Fermi” one of the great physicists of all time.
