Comments on: Ex-physicist in charge of Europe's largest economy http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1517805 Aaron Gilliland Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1517805 I'm not arsch.  YOU ARE.   Also, I don't speak German.  I dance it. I’m not arsch.  YOU ARE.  

Also, I don’t speak German.  I dance it.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1517097 digi_owl Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1517097 Nobel prize my ass, bankers patting their pet economists on the back is what it is. Nobel prize my ass, bankers patting their pet economists on the back is what it is.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1517095 digi_owl Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1517095 Now that's one way to sweeten the pill... Now that’s one way to sweeten the pill…

]]> By: dnebdal http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516868 dnebdal Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516868 Working on ice cream, of all things - I think she got a patent on something for making cold ice cream softer  or some such. Working on ice cream, of all things – I think she got a patent on something for making cold ice cream softer  or some such.

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516803 TheMudshark Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516803  Did you mean "im Arsch"?  Did you mean “im Arsch”?

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516750 ocker3 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516750  He's got a Brilliant plan to generate new revenue in the first quarter of his administration  He’s got a Brilliant plan to generate new revenue in the first quarter of his administration

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516354 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516354 Thank you for taking the BB Rorschach test.  Your results are in the mail. Thank you for taking the BB Rorschach test.  Your results are in the mail.

]]> By: TrevorSweet http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516292 TrevorSweet Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516292 Thatcher was a chemist before entering politics. Thatcher was a chemist before entering politics.

]]> By: arsphenamine http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516237 arsphenamine Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516237 Not the first time a quantum physics/chemistry-type jumped ship to Economics.  Koopmans derived his eponymous theory about electron orbital energies and ionization potentials, turned 24, then entered economics, eventually winning the 1975 Nobel Prize in the field. Not the first time a quantum physics/chemistry-type jumped ship to Economics.  Koopmans derived his eponymous theory about electron orbital energies and ionization potentials, turned 24, then entered economics, eventually winning the 1975 Nobel Prize in the field.

]]> By: dioptase http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516193 dioptase Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516193 Chemist, eh?  That gives me an idea .... Walter White for President! Chemist, eh?  That gives me an idea ….

Walter White for President!

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516146 digi_owl Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516146 How about some quantum accounting? How about some quantum accounting?

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516120 Jonathan Badger Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516120 Goodluck Jonathan (awesome name), president of Nigeria, has a Ph.D. in Zoology. Goodluck Jonathan (awesome name), president of Nigeria, has a Ph.D. in Zoology.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516095 Brainspore Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516095 You saw the headline as contemptuous? I saw it as genuinely interesting. You saw the headline as contemptuous? I saw it as genuinely interesting.

]]> By: Christine Hintermeyer http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516051 Christine Hintermeyer Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516051 Don't know what the contempt of the headline is supposed to express. Physicists make bad politicians because only bad actors are good at being leaders?! Don’t know what the contempt of the headline is supposed to express. Physicists make bad politicians because only bad actors are good at being leaders?!

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516038 Aaron Gilliland Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516038 So Europe simultaneously is and is not in zur scheisshole?  How Zen. So Europe simultaneously is and is not in zur scheisshole?  How Zen.

]]> By: René Knecht http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516019 René Knecht Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516019 Yes, and her husband is a world renown chemistry professor. Yes, and her husband is a world renown chemistry professor.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1516003 robcat2075 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1516003 I did not know that.  Who would be some other current or past world leaders with advanced degrees in a science? I did not know that.  Who would be some other current or past world leaders with advanced degrees in a science?

]]> By: Jeremy Taxman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1515994 Jeremy Taxman Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1515994 Meh. Meh.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/ex-physicist-in-charge-of-euro.html#comment-1515966 Brainspore Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177810#comment-1515966 [Insert "budgetary black hole" joke here.] [Insert "budgetary black hole" joke here.]

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