There’s a Chinese guy who won the Nobel Prize (in phyiscs) and (in the same lifetime) will lead the US energy policy — pretty important these days.
His influence will surely have global impact on energy and consequently oil prices.
What does this guy look like?
Reuters presents us with this:
Pretty sharp, eh? Ah, scientists are like this…
NY Times uses the same image, but they have some good things to say:
Would bring to the job: Impeccable credentials in science management and as an experimental physicist; he shared the 1997 Nobel prize in physics. Dr. Chu, an Asian-American, would also bring diversity to the cabinet.
In his own words: New houses could be made energy efficient with an investment of an extra $1,000, “but the American consumer would rather have a granite countertop.”
West coast: Silicon Valley gives us this image:
primary image which most people see – nerdy scientist:
and the secondary image that is pretty hidden (science management but not quite in charge):
then we have San Francisco with it’s large Asian population and where he currently lives:
quite a contrast from
Here’s a person with a stellar career in two distinct fields, yet Reuters (and other press) actively and purposely select an odd image to propagate a sterotype. Their agenda is to envoke a quirky emotional reaction — at our expense…
Of course, what does he really look like? google images show us
Beyond images, here’s his wikipedia entry and his autobiography that starts nerdy and gets deep real fast…
ok, one last image:
