Thursday, April 10, 2008

Doped up Elite Intellectuals

Earlier (my last post in fact) I drew attention to Ike's warning about a "scientific-technological elite" coming to dominate public policy. Today, readers of AFP, like me, learned that these "scientific-technological elite" are in fact all doped up:
Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study
09/04/2008 18h46

PARIS (AFP) - Twenty percent of scientists admit to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, according to a survey released Wednesday by Nature, Britain's top science journal.
Will Congress investigate? As it did in baseball recently? Don't hold your breath.

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