Gospel of Science

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In reading the following passage of the subject article, I was struck by its attention to detail, the unmistakable characteristic of a scientific mind:

The collision of science and politics landed squarely in Dowd’s lap in the mid-’90s. “I was the organizer for the National Environmental Trust,” Dowd says. “So my job was to organize Jewish rabbis, Catholic priests, Protestant clergy and Evangelical clergy on key environmental issues which were coming up for a vote in Congress.”

This reminded me of an old joke, which, in turn, reminded me of another old joke. The first joke goes as follows:

Three Jewish ladies are discussing their favorite topic, their sons' careers. The first one says with pride, “My David the Doctor is doing extremely well in his practice. He and his wife and children vacation in Hawaii three times a year”. The second lady says, “My Norman the Lawyer is also doing extremely well. He bought a beautiful house in the nicest part of town”. The third lady looks somewhat uncomfortable, so the first two ask her about her son, Sam the Rabbi. She finally responds, with a sigh, “It's not a job for a Jewish boy”.

The second joke goes as follows:

It is 2017 and the United States has elected its first Jewish President, a woman. The Inauguration is approaching, and after much effort, the President-elect finally persuades her mother to attend this most auspicious ceremony. As the President begins her Inaugural Address, the First Mother turns to the new Vice President, and, beaming with pride, says, “See that lady giving the speech? Her brother the Doctor graduated from Harvard Medical School”.