Monday, June 23rd, 2008...6:51 am
Darwinian Selection – Scientists or Rugby Players.
Source: There’s more to life than rugby – Lord Winston
“New Zealand is a wonderful country, but it is also a country which I think has some very poor values as well,” Lord Winston said during an appearance on current events show Close Up last night.
“The fact is that you still rate things like the America’s Cup, the All Blacks and the cricket (as) being far too important when actually they don’t fundamentally improve human wellbeing.”
The internationally renowned scientist said it was tragic that many impressive New Zealand scientists were now working overseas.
“You do some fantastically good science and it’s really sad that at the moment your Kiwis are in my laboratory. You are exporting the wrong things, you’re exporting your talent, the very talent which might prop up your economy. But there’s no future for them in this country.”
My Comments: Dear Lord Winston the natural selection process of Darwin depicts who will be a scientist or an international rugby player for New Zealanders, there are not to many rugby players that know what photosynthesis is, and there even few scientists that can tackle Ma’a Nonu. So never the twain shall meet. True the money is not in this country for research and development in most scientific fields, hence talent does leave. Sad but true.
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