Why are chemists suitable for politics?
Tell a story. Once upon a time, Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister, met a politician who had studied chemistry at a dinner party. She also studied chemistry at Oxford University.
The two of them began to talk. Why are so many people in the chemical industry engaged in politics? The other party replied, "yes, we were trained at the beginning of our study of chemistry. We are very happy when we have 70% confidence in synthesizing a thing in the laboratory. Instead of complaining, how can we get 70%? That's what we chemistry students are all about. If you only want to achieve 70% of everything, you will be successful. Such people can eat the bowl of administrative rice.
If any mathematician or physicist pursues 100 points in everything, the next thing may be zero. Don't you think this way of thinking of our chemists is closer to reality?
Yes, all people who do specific things, that is, people who want to put an idea into the real world, understand this truth. It doesn't matter if it's perfect or not. It's important if it's true.
为什么化学家适合从政?
讲一个故事。话说,有一次英国前首相撒切尔夫人在一个餐会上遇到一位学过化学的政治家,这撒切尔夫人原来也是牛津大学学化学的。
他俩人就聊起来,为什么化学界有这么多人从政呢?对方就回答说,对啊,我们学化学的一开始就被训练,在实验室合成一个东西,有七成能做出来的把握,我们就非常高兴了。而不会埋怨说,怎么才有七成?这就是我们学化学的人的底。每件事只求能做到七成,就是成功的。这样的人才能吃行政这碗饭。
如果像什么数学家、物理学家凡事都追求一百分,那下一件事可能就是零。你不觉得我们化学家的这种思维方式,更接近现实吗?
对,所有做具体事的人,也就是把一个想法要在现实世界落地的人都懂这个道理。完美不完美不重要,有几分真的落地了才重要。
重点词汇
Once upon a time 从前,很久以前
dinner party 宴会 ; 家宴
Oxford University 牛津大学
chemical industry 化学工业
at the beginning of 在…初
be successful 奏效
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