Comments by " Anthony LeRoux " (@Rhythm911) on "Testing the US Military’s Worst Idea" video.

  1. Just as I thought.... I knew I recognized Mr. Pournelle !! I wonder if these ideas of Jerry's had anything to do with him becoming a "Science Fiction" writer. But, I see nothing to do with actual Aerospace Engineering in his educational background!! And that worries me somewhat. I guess that's what you get when you accept ideas from an unqualified scientist . NOTE: Taken from wikipedia --- Jerry Eugene Pournelle (/pʊərˈnɛl/; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers.[1] In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry, but eventually focused on his writing career. In an obituary in Gizmodo, he is described as "a tireless ambassador for the future."[2] He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. In 1953–54, after his military service, Pournelle attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City.[11] Subsequently, he studied at the University of Washington, where he received a B.S. in psychology on June 11, 1955; an M.S. in psychology (experimental statistics) on March 21, 1958; and a Ph.D. in political science in March 1964.[12] His master's thesis is titled "Behavioural observations of the effects of personality needs and leadership in small discussion groups", and is dated 1957.[13] Pournelle's Ph.D. dissertation is titled "The American political continuum; an examination of the validity of the left-right model as an instrument for studying contemporary American political 'isms'".[14][15] Pournelle held paleoconservative political views,[a person who advocates old or traditional forms of conservatism; an extremely right-wing conservative.] which were sometimes expressed in his fiction. He was one of the founders of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy, which developed some of the Reagan Administration's space initiatives, including the earliest versions of what would become the Strategic Defense Initiative.----
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