How stupid was he? He shut down the Center for Groundwater Research. I quote him: “You don’t need to grind water. It’s a liquid.” He closed our renowned Digital Signal Processing program. He was then unable to process, when faculty flashed him a certain digital signal. Next to go was the knockout mouse lab. He said, “They have some attractive mice, but none that I’d call a real knockout.”

How stupid was he?

He shut down the Center for Groundwater Research. I quote him: “You don’t need to grind water. It’s a liquid.”

He closed our renowned Digital Signal Processing program. He was then unable to process, when faculty flashed him a certain digital signal.

Next to go was the knockout mouse lab. He said, “They have some attractive mice, but none that I’d call a real knockout.”

Budget cuts sure do bring out presidential stupidity. They will fire secretaries, forcing faculty (who are paid much more than secretaries) to stand in front of the photocopier. They don't know the difference between capital items and expense items. They... enough already.

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p.s.: Despite rumors, I never said this guy was a dickhead; I only said he needs a mohel to help him take his hat off.

p.p.s.: The web editor says an article has to be more than 200 words and I didn't write enough words. So, words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words, words,and words.

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After a dozen years as a market research executive, Fred Phillips was professor, dean, and vice provost at a variety of universities in the US, Europe, and South America. He is now Visiting Professor at SUNY-Stony Brook's Alan Alda Center for Science Communication, and at Stony Brook's business school. The Russian Academy of Sciences awarded Fred the Kondratieff Medal in 2017. Fred is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change. He heads the thinktank/consultancy TANDO, Inc., www.tando.org. His newest books are What About The Future? A primer for… Read more