2023-08-17 05:35:00
After the controversy generated by his initiative to privatize the Conicet, the presidential candidate of La Libertad Avanza, Javier Mileyreiterated that campaign proposal and defended it with a controversial comparison: “Today the Conicet has 35 thousand people, NASA has 17 thousand. It seems to me that Conicet does not produce in line with what NASA produces.”
When interviewed by Marcelo Bonelli and Edgardo Alfano in the program The Two Yous that is issued by TN, the winner of the PASO reiterated his criticism of the scientists who are part of the organization, which aroused questions from the Conicet researchers.
“The fact that people leave (from Argentina) is a consequence of the tragedy of the country to which the same old people brought us. There is no employment opportunity and the formal private sector has been stuck for a long time,” he began.
Along these lines, when promptly consulted by researchers and scientists, he commented: “Today the Conicet has 35 thousand people, NASA has 17 thousand. It seems to me that Conicet does not produce in line with what NASA produces. So, the issue of productivity is quite important, It seems to me that NASA produces a little more”.
The Conicet director responded to Milei: “It is the most serious attack we have suffered”
Likewise, he insisted that the Conicet, “as it exists today, it must be closed.” “It does not mean that there is not a secretariat that deals with that, but it is going to dedicate itself to hard sciences”he explained.
“This to investigate whether the WhatsApp responses…”, he pointed out when referring to some studies by Conicet researchers. In this framework, her running mate, victoria villarrueljoined the debate by adding other examples of research such as “the messianism of Star Wars, The Lion King, the lyrics of Ricardo Arjona”.
Patricia Bullrich is not going to close the Conicet: “I was in Silicon Valley and saw the Argentines from the Conicet do wonders”
Together for Change candidate, Patricia Bullrichalso differed from the libertarian in the idea that he raised to close the Conicet in case of reaching the Presidency.
Sandra Pitta responded to Milei: “Privatizing Conicet makes no sense, even if it is divided, it is still valuable”
“We believe that science is fundamental. We want a science that is increasingly applied to creation and creativity, that it be a more dynamic and flexible organism. That it set clear goals for how many patents it will have. Argentina needs to have production,” he stressed. Bullrich.
In that line, he recounted: “Two years ago I was in Silicon Valley and I saw the Argentines from Conicet do wonders, top-tier companies. That world of the Conicet has to be totally linked to the world of production and also of knowledge, you also have to study other things such as democracy, its failures, social science issues “.
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