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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.68,0:00:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.98,0:00:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My subject is Mediocracy vs Meritocracy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.04,0:00:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have to start\Nby saying that, personally,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.50,0:00:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand that I have to be\Nashamed for my profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.67,0:00:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I am doing has absolutely\Nno respect in Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.08,0:00:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am neither a drug dealer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.67,0:00:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor a human trafficker,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.93,0:00:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even a politician.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.03,0:00:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am doing something way worse.\NI am a scientist-researcher.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.72,0:00:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To prove to you \Nhow disrespected this is in Greece,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.53,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the GDP portion \Nfor research and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Countries that wish to produce wealth,\Nthat want to be wealthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.36,0:01:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they invest in research and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.44,0:01:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Israel for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.23,0:01:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have so much wealth\Nthat we don't need it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.36,0:01:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we are nothing like\Nthe ex-soviet satellites that give 2%,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.20,0:01:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not like the lost countries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.98,0:01:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where just 1% will led them \Nto bankruptcy sooner or later,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.80,0:01:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are at 0,6%,\Nin the bottom along with Uganda.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.80,0:01:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, there is a huge difference \Nbetween Uganda and Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.88,0:01:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Uganda 0,6% goes\Nto research and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.08,0:01:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.53,0:01:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.64,0:01:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to let you know\Nhow disreputable I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.47,0:01:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent half my career \Nas a professor in the University Ioannina.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.22,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For twelve years I received \Nhundreds, thousands invitations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.02,0:02:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give talks, interviews abroad.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.06,0:02:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ioannina and in Epirus\Nthere are, maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.82,0:02:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dozens of TV stations, radio stations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.29,0:02:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,news stations, on-line,\Nfor news and what's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.44,0:02:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one ever asked me to tell:\N"What are you doing, in a nutshell?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.23,0:02:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name appeared once\Nin a local newspaper,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.18,0:02:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it was on page 27,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.67,0:02:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underneath an advertisement \Nabout toilet and kitchen supplies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.39,0:02:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Panhellenic Championship of Fencing\Nwrote one line about me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.72,0:02:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"An athlete of the Modern Sports\NAssociation of Epirus competed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.98,0:02:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Ioannidis, visibly exhausted,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.75,0:02:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poorly prepared and mostly lost."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.78,0:03:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I have a second capacity\Nand the moment you will hear about it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.52,0:03:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be very angry and mad,\Nit is even more disreputable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.20,0:03:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.76,0:03:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I had just came back with my family\Nto Greece from America,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.87,0:03:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found ourselves a lovely romantic night\Nsomewhere on a beach in the Ionian Sea,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.35,0:03:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was late and we had to find\Na place to spend the night, to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.82,0:03:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We managed to find a small hotel.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.66,0:03:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''Any vacancies?"\N"Yes, sure"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.32,0:03:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May I see?"\N"Sure"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.24,0:03:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Very nice. What is the price?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.79,0:03:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hotel manager looks me in the eyes,\N"What do you do for a living?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.54,0:03:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I replied, "I am a doctor".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.99,0:03:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A doctor? Thieves, crooks,\Nall you think of is money under the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.21,0:03:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a doctor,\Ndouble price, triple price".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.70,0:03:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was about to kick me out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.12,0:03:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since then, I decided\Nnot to say I am a doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.50,0:03:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could not say that I am a researcher,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.44,0:03:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can someone understand\Nwhat is the meaning of a researcher.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.44,0:04:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was saying, "I work in a lab".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.27,0:04:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some other romantic time,\Nagain on a lovely beach in the Ionian Sea,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.09,0:04:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some other very nice lady
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.54,0:04:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who rented us beauftiful rooms\Nby the sea, asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.01,0:04:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mr John, you work in a lab, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.85,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ioannina, in a jewelry lab?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.83,0:04:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.95,0:04:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a third capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.80,0:04:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since you already think\Nthe worst of me and what I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.80,0:04:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but since we are at this point now,\Nlet's give it away, even if it just 4%.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.80,0:04:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.03,0:04:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.02,0:04:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the worst of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.95,0:04:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am making an effort to place\Nmyself in the intellectual world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.46,0:04:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I write literature, I write poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.01,0:05:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when you hear "I write poetry"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.46,0:05:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think of some ministers\Nwho write poetry,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.56,0:05:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some politicians using poetry
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.60,0:05:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in speeches that fascinate the masses.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.01,0:05:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that the use of poetry\Nin Modern Greece is a bit like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.60,0:05:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does a politician mean\Nby the following in his speech?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.64,0:05:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Freedom requires virtue and boldness",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.65,0:05:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have not enjoyed\Nenough Frappé coffees, I need more".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.28,0:05:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Small people that fight\Nwithout swords and bullets"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.43,0:05:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When I am not lying,\NI am bored to death".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.51,0:05:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Die hard"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.92,0:05:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--I am not sure if this one\Nis from Pindar or Stesichorus,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.32,0:05:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe another poet, Mimnermus,\Nperhaps another post modern American --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.61,0:05:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thank you for re-electing me\Ntriumphantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.81,0:05:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I completely destroyed the country."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.98,0:05:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.19,0:06:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, mediocracy, meritocracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.52,0:06:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You lost my train of thought;\Nnow I will take a poll as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.53,0:06:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not a surveyor, \Nbut let's do one, everybody is doing one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.42,0:06:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, raise your hands, who knows,\Nwho has heard him speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.64,0:06:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or has read a text written \Nby Paul Alivisatos at Berkeley.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.70,0:06:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Huh, no...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.82,0:06:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nick Peppas in Texas?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.90,0:06:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see anyone, my glasses are dirty.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.64,0:06:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Maniatis in Columbia?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.09,0:06:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see anyone.\NSorry, am I boring you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.05,0:06:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who knows Lakis Lazopoulos?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.96,0:06:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.57,0:06:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not too many hands raised,\Nbut I heard answers, so...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.51,0:06:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, all these are top Greek scientists.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.79,0:06:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are scientists\Nthat are the top of the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.39,0:07:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some, a random sample, \Nof the 100 best Greek scientists.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.37,0:07:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most top Greek scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.77,0:07:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are abroad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.64,0:07:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost 3% of the top \Nscientists in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.64,0:07:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on objective facts,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.90,0:07:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the impact they have\Non the international bibliography
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.92,0:07:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--you may go to the Google Scholar base
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.06,0:07:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see how many times\Neach one is mentioned
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.58,0:07:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by other scientists for his work --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.69,0:07:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3% are Greeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.42,0:07:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a population we are 0,2%,\Nbut 3% of the top scientists are Greeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.45,0:07:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Population 15 times fuelled by science.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.42,0:07:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost 90% of them \Nare not in Greece at this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.98,0:07:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10% insists on staying here,\Nto struggle and be rolled over,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.69,0:07:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be crushed on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.43,0:07:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them were not born in Greece,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.28,0:07:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because their parents had emigrated\Nas economical emigrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.43,0:07:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as scientific emigrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.12,0:07:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as emigrants because\Nthey were sick of it all, or whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.13,0:08:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them grew up in Greece,\Nbut they had to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.74,0:08:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many tried to come back,\Nmost of them had no luck.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.22,0:08:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them they made it and most\Nof them offered a lot to this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.67,0:08:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most could not make it. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.33,0:08:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is that\Ncompetition is very hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.86,0:08:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what goes on\Nin Stanford, my university.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.24,0:08:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we open a position, the average number\Nof people that apply for it is 300.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.88,0:08:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.14,0:08:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Greece, if there is an open position\Nthere is one candidate.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.07,0:08:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.67,0:08:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least that was before\Nthe crisis of 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.95,0:08:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest, if they wanted to show interest,\Nthey were thrown out the window,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.48,0:08:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several ways, cut their heads off, throw\Nthem in the sewer, I don't know what.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.54,0:08:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no positions at the universities\Nafter the beginning of the crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.37,0:09:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the budget for the universities,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.64,0:09:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the hiring of new professors\Nand staff are practically almost zero.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.32,0:09:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't get a position\Neven if you are the prime minister's wife!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.69,0:09:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.85,0:09:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.02,0:09:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.44,0:09:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Greek universities' budget,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.72,0:09:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explain to you what's on, how much\Nthe country is investing to meritocracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.94,0:09:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found this image\Non some sport news:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.39,0:09:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''Olympiakos paid 17,4
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.62,0:09:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--millions euros even during the crisis--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.67,0:09:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transfer players, Atletico\Ngave 112...Spanish...presentation...''
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.63,0:09:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Greek universities,\Nthe entire university of Crete
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.86,0:09:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus the one in Patras, in Ioannina,\Nif I put them all together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.69,0:09:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the annual budget is way cheaper
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.27,0:09:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the Olympiakos\Nannual budget for transfers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.48,0:10:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is going on?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.02,0:10:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have new professors.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.77,0:10:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only have the old professors, \Neternal professors.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.10,0:10:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, we also have \Neternal students involved in politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.56,0:10:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The combination of the eternal students\Nand the eternal professors
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.41,0:10:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leads us to perfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.97,0:10:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.96,0:10:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, where do we stand?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.67,0:10:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.04,0:10:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do we stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.61,0:10:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told you there are many\Ntop Greek scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.13,0:10:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who know their fields very well
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.28,0:10:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can help society,\Nif they are given the chance to say
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.61,0:10:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they know or not know, \Nwhat we can do or we can't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.23,0:10:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are plenty of professors.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.25,0:11:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The voice of the specialists\Nand the scientists has to be heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.54,0:11:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I am saying,\Nthat's what I want to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.14,0:11:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''How dare you, Mr Ioannidi, listen\Nto the specialists and the scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.22,0:11:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning that we should bring \Neven more academics to upset us?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.36,0:11:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many academics can\Npoor Greek society handle?''
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.21,0:11:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to advertise\Na jacket with a stripe?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.39,0:11:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An academic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.98,0:11:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to fill the air time\Nin a morning TV show?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.37,0:11:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An academic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.63,0:11:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need someone to ambiguously\Nabsorb the few remaining funds?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.75,0:11:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An academic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.04,0:11:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need someone\Nto destroy the university,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.71,0:11:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to violently throw out\Nthe few excellent specialists left,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.71,0:11:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eliminate the flaw of the excellence?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.20,0:11:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An academic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.91,0:11:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.00,0:11:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.67,0:11:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told you that there\Nare a lot of other scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.64,0:11:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is no need to look \Nin politicians or party leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.44,0:12:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything else, but just \Nto show you what is going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.56,0:12:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is data by Google Scholar
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.92,0:12:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the nine professors ministers\Nof Education, Economy and Health
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.28,0:12:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the years 2004 till 2014,\Nwhen Greece bloomed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.11,0:12:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to set a benchmark\Nat the side of the slide,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.41,0:12:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I picked Mr Nanopoulos\Nwho has 60.000 citations,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.44,0:12:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is a giant in science.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.13,0:12:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't have the most citations,\Nhe is within the first 50, 50 to 100.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.86,0:12:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are others with six times more,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.14,0:12:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I had to find someone\Nreally excellent, as a comparison.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.27,0:12:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The median of all those professors \Nis about 250 citations.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.47,0:12:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Change in January of 2015, 13 professors\Nare ministers by one government.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.23,0:12:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The have the very same median,\Nyou can't even plan this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.29,0:12:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,23 professors were candidates\Non the statewide ballot on September 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.63,0:12:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going towards the wrong direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.66,0:12:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The median is 95 citations.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.42,0:12:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fourteen professors were\Nministers in September 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.42,0:13:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We reach 65 citations.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.11,0:13:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We haven't reached zero yet,\Nthere is still space, we' re almost there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.96,0:13:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't we take all those\Ntop scientists...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.67,0:13:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I used Mr Nanopoulos,\Nnot for any other reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.44,0:13:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because the rest 99 as you saw,\Nyou had never heard about them,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.17,0:13:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while why do you know Mr Nanopoulos?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.96,0:13:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably because he was the face\Non the Lexus advertisement.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.96,0:13:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we must take the 100 or the 1000 best
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.87,0:13:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make them ministers, party leaders,\Nfashion designers, pop-stars?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.29,0:13:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What should we do with them?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.46,0:13:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, no way.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.41,0:13:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We simply must gave them \Nthe opportunity to share what they know.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.78,0:13:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To inform the society,\Nto educate the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.98,0:13:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make the ghosts \Nof the unreachable illusions,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.04,0:13:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all may have, disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.03,0:13:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not the return \Nof the legendary "Marble Emperor", right?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.64,0:13:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are simple people, \Nthey just do their work,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.89,0:13:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they know a couple of things, we have to \Ngive them a place, a chance in society
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.96,0:13:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be heard as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.84,0:14:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we allow the specialists to talk, will\Nall of our problems be solved immediately?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.28,0:14:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will pass from Hieronymus Bosch's\N"Hell" to ''The School of Athens''
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.03,0:14:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where of the great philosophers\Nand specialists are included
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.64,0:14:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Heaven will exist in sky and earth?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.77,0:14:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can promise you that\Nthis is not going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.15,0:14:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miracles do not happen overnight.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.26,0:14:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They happen much faster \Nthan this actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.18,0:14:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a student\Nat my university decided that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.16,0:14:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,''Lessons are fine,\Nbut I want to start a company'',
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.53,0:14:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two years later he built Google,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.94,0:14:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the miracle had happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.23,0:14:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another guy in the same\Nneighbourhood that I live, built Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.36,0:14:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another one in the same\Nneighbourhood built Yahoo.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.69,0:14:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A third one built\NHewlett Packard, Apple.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.21,0:14:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to give the chance\Nto brilliant people,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.51,0:14:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to innovative people, \Nto people with ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.56,0:15:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the mood to experiment \Nand to offer, to change our light bulbs
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.78,0:15:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.78,0:15:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will everything be perfect?\NNo, it will not be perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.06,0:15:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists, even the most excellent ones,\Nmake mistakes, a lot of mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.32,0:15:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They simply know how to admit\Nthey might be mistaken
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.83,0:15:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they know how to warn others\Nfor the chance of the mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.06,0:15:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have a big mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.53,0:15:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "That is what I know, \Nthis I do not know, this may change soon".
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.23,0:15:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So someone may move with a strategy
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.00,0:15:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that most things and new ideas\Nthat are going to be heard,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.35,0:15:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might eventually not move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.71,0:15:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we could bring even one Google\Nto Greece, would it be bad?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.91,0:15:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or one Facebook?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.03,0:15:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of all the ideas you will hear today\Nin this TEDxAcademy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.09,0:15:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting from microRNA to robotics,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.24,0:15:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience from systems\Nfrom NASA's scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.46,0:16:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from social scientists,\Nfrom the 30, 50, 100 ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.60,0:16:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe one of them can work out.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.26,0:16:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give a chance to those \N50 ideas, let them be heard,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.18,0:16:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that one of them will finally work out.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.44,0:16:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opposite solution?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.40,0:16:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opposite solution, \Nthe alternative, might be it:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.24,0:16:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe we should listen to drug dealers,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.20,0:16:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe we should listen\Nto the illegal immigrant traders,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.75,0:16:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe we should listen\Nto the politicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.97,0:16:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good luck!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.14,0:16:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.08,0:16:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.02,0:16:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)