Sure. But I think that mainly means we should create more opportunities. I mean if you hire the brightest minds to tackle the bird flu, that means it gets better results and solved more quickly. If you put restricrions in place, it’ll likely have the opposite effect. And this is really pronounced in science. As a highly specialized expert, you’ll have like 1 to 3 places in the entire world to do your work. If we say scientists can only work where they belong, we take those away. And that also means doing away with those really complicated studies, the top-notch research and achievements.
(And I think science is better suited to assign who does what, and what they’ll focus on next or if there is some competition going on… My personal belief is that science has better means to make these decisions than politics. At least if we want to maximise for output and delivered goods… And if we want to do really complex research at all. At least to some degree, it’s not 100% like that, either.)
Sure. But I think that mainly means we should create more opportunities. I mean if you hire the brightest minds to tackle the bird flu, that means it gets better results and solved more quickly. If you put restricrions in place, it’ll likely have the opposite effect. And this is really pronounced in science. As a highly specialized expert, you’ll have like 1 to 3 places in the entire world to do your work. If we say scientists can only work where they belong, we take those away. And that also means doing away with those really complicated studies, the top-notch research and achievements.
(And I think science is better suited to assign who does what, and what they’ll focus on next or if there is some competition going on… My personal belief is that science has better means to make these decisions than politics. At least if we want to maximise for output and delivered goods… And if we want to do really complex research at all. At least to some degree, it’s not 100% like that, either.)
Oh yes, I agree.