Public officials must lie to get into office. STEM backgrounds are unlikely to be willing and/or able to lie efficiently.
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Also, STEM backgrounds are much more common in other countries. It's moderately quirky that so many US lawmakers are lawyers.
STEM backgrounds are much more common in other countries.
A good example is the PRC, where a clear majority of top officials have scientific or engineering backgrounds.
Has no one else mentioned this on LW yet?
Elizabeth Edwards has been elected as a New Hampshire State Rep, self-identifies as a Rationalist and explicitly mentions Less Wrong in her first post-election blog post.
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