9 September 1999 - scientific diplomacy

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Crazed science boosters say we should train everyone in science. No! It’s dangerous, don’t do it! Imagine how diplomats would talk:

“High-acceleration policy maneuvers may cause wake vortex shedding resulting in eventual reciprocity failure. Too many oersteds, you know.”

clue:

For those few of you who missed physics in school, oersteds are the unit of coercivity.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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