We know Thiel has a lot of business smarts; and apparently he won a math competition in junior high, or something. But does actually <i>know</i> any basic science? Like you know -- hypothesis testing? Thermodynamics? Atomic decay? The carbon cycle? Stuff like that?<p>I'm not talking about the "gist" or the "general idea" behind these subjects. I mean the actual, bullshit-proof, nuts-and-bolts level. You know, <i>science</i>.<p>And since the answer (given the unscientific gobbledygook he routinely spouts) is in almost all probability "no" -- why would anyone in their right mind† present this man with the task of teaching a "science" course at a putative educational institution, accredited or otherwise?<p>† Other than the "right" mind to fleece a whole lot of gullible young people out of their Benjamins, and to promote Thiel's personality cult and pseudoscientific agenda, generally.