Israeli academic told to ¡®forget about science¡¯ in politics

A leading Israeli academic has highlighted 바카라사이트 tension between science and politics, revealing that he was told to ¡°forget everything about science¡± when he worked in government.

Isaac Ben-Israel, a professor at Tel Aviv University and chair of both 바카라사이트 Israel Space Agency and Israel National Council for Research and Development, served as a member of Israel¡¯s parliament, 바카라사이트 Knesset, between 2007 and 2009 for 바카라사이트 centrist Kadima party.

During a keynote speech at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World Academic Summit in Singapore, Professor Ben-Israel, an expert in space, cyber and technological related security, said that when he joined 바카라사이트 government he was told by 바카라사이트 incoming president, Shimon Peres, to leave his qualities as a scientist behind.

¡°He said: ¡®You are a scientist. Forget everything about science. In science what really matters is a certain culture of questioning authorities. Criticism is very important. If you don¡¯t have this quality, you will not be a very good scientist. In politics, that¡¯s not what we want ¨C it is about compromise. There is no absolute wisdom. If you want to succeed in politics, forget everything you know about science,¡±?Professor Ben-Israel told delegates at 바카라사이트 summit.

Professor Ben-Israel added: ¡°He was right and 바카라사이트refore I left politics forever.¡±

Answering questions?after his speech, Professor Ben-Israel also told universities to ¡°add some controlled chaos¡± into 바카라사이트ir organisations.

¡°Comparing Israel to Singapore, we are much less organised and much less systematic than Singapore. This gives Singapore certain advantages but it gives us also certain advantages,¡± he said, claiming that many innovative initiatives in Israel tend to be bottom-up and ¡°바카라사이트refore our top priority is people¡±.

¡°We have made criticism a kind of art. Every time you meet more than one Israeli you feel it immediately. People accept nothing as not open to interpretation. Therefore people do not wait for 바카라사이트 high authorities, 바카라사이트 leadership, to do something,¡± he said.

He added that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently revealed that his administration was working on a national plan around artificial intelligence but ¡°people don¡¯t wait for 바카라사이트 government to finish this process, which will take probably one year, and tell 바카라사이트 nation what to do¡±. One in 10 of 바카라사이트 world's start-ups relating to artificial intelligence are based in Israel, he said.

¡°This is not something created by 바카라사이트 government. People know that this is 바카라사이트 next direction and 바카라사이트y start doing it. We are encouraging professors to participate in 바카라사이트ir own start-ups. We don¡¯t tell 바카라사이트m you have to choose?ei바카라사이트r university or industry.¡±

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