I agree with sofar. I also want to to state some facts:
- the health care system kills huge number of people, from medical errors & hospital infections, the numbers are publicly available and they are very frightening numbers. This is because medical research didn't improve & doctors don't use technology enough.
- They use more invasive procedures than necessary, which has huge risks, instead of using technology. I remember one time when I hurt my knee, the doctor wanted to perform a surgery to find out what is wrong, instead of using an MRI, so I refused and waited for the MRI.
- people with diabetes have to poke themselves, sometimes more than once a day, because there is no device that reads their blood sugar level, non incisively, and we are in the 21st century!
- The MRI machine came from a Chemist, not an MD and almost all the instruments are made and improved by engineers. So I agree, engineers, mathematicians, physicists & chemists, should be involved in the system. Compare the speed & success of companies like Intel, Google, etc.. (run mostly by engineers) to companies that do medical research.
If medical research was remotely close to engineering research, we would be seeing much improved health care system, think Star Trek.
From Wikipedia:
Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the most important Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat.
Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 - 4 July 1826)[1] was the third President of the United States (1801-1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers.... A polymath, Jefferson achieved distinction as, among other things, a horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor and founder of the University of Virginia.
The above is just an example, shows that some of the founding fathers, one was a president, were scientists or very interested in science. I believe that's why they encouraged science and education, which made the US the leader of science & technology.
Also during the Clinton/Gore period, science/innovation was the primary force, which led to advancement in many fields, record surplus, etc....
If candidates agree on such a debate, it doesn't have to be detailed, they shouldn't be asked to state equations & formulas, but instead to state their vision and plans for science & engineering. Hilary Clinton might have an advantage, because she was close to Al Gore & also the science advisor for Bill Clinton was Bill Joy, very visionary and futuristic - By the way I don't want her to be the president, I'd like to see her as a VP for Joe Biden, because Biden knows the world & the important issues more than the rest of the candidates. I hope he cares about science as well, if he doesn't know enough, he should ask Al Gore.
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I agree with sofar. I also want to to state some facts:
- the health care system kills huge number of people, from medical errors & hospital infections, the numbers are publicly available and they are very frightening numbers. This is because medical research didn't improve & doctors don't use technology enough.
- They use more invasive procedures than necessary, which has huge risks, instead of using technology. I remember one time when I hurt my knee, the doctor wanted to perform a surgery to find out what is wrong, instead of using an MRI, so I refused and waited for the MRI.
- people with diabetes have to poke themselves, sometimes more than once a day, because there is no device that reads their blood sugar level, non incisively, and we are in the 21st century!
- The MRI machine came from a Chemist, not an MD and almost all the instruments are made and improved by engineers. So I agree, engineers, mathematicians, physicists & chemists, should be involved in the system. Compare the speed & success of companies like Intel, Google, etc.. (run mostly by engineers) to companies that do medical research.
If medical research was remotely close to engineering research, we would be seeing much improved health care system, think Star Trek.
From Wikipedia:
.... A polymath, Jefferson achieved distinction as, among other things, a horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor and founder of the University of Virginia.
Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the most important Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat.
Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 - 4 July 1826)[1] was the third President of the United States (1801-1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers
The above is just an example, shows that some of the founding fathers, one was a president, were scientists or very interested in science. I believe that's why they encouraged science and education, which made the US the leader of science & technology.
Also during the Clinton/Gore period, science/innovation was the primary force, which led to advancement in many fields, record surplus, etc....
If candidates agree on such a debate, it doesn't have to be detailed, they shouldn't be asked to state equations & formulas, but instead to state their vision and plans for science & engineering. Hilary Clinton might have an advantage, because she was close to Al Gore & also the science advisor for Bill Clinton was Bill Joy, very visionary and futuristic - By the way I don't want her to be the president, I'd like to see her as a VP for Joe Biden, because Biden knows the world & the important issues more than the rest of the candidates. I hope he cares about science as well, if he doesn't know enough, he should ask Al Gore.