Jasons

Is anyone else frightened that scientific advisors of presidents here and elsewhere -- for example, the "Jasons" -- are almost exclusively senior physicists, who are darwinianly selected to be true believers in one-line equations to explain the Universe -- and lesser problems as well, without any reference to the methods or results of "inferior" sciences?

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

An international think tank of scientists known as the Jasons has discovered a way to bioengineer autistic children who show savant talentsmathematical geniuses, statistical masterminds, brilliant conceptual artistsinto something far greater and far more frightening, in hopes of creating a world prophet for the new millennium, one to be manipulated to create a new era of global peace ... a peace on their own terms.

The Last Oracle by James Rollins: Book summary 2010

Founded in 1960, the Jasons are a group of top-flight scientists who spend each summer solving problems for the government.

Advisory Group Urges Gene Mapping For Soldiers Dan Froomkin 2011

Founded in 1960, the Jasons are a group of top-flight scientists who spend each summer solving problems for the government.

Advisory Group Urges Gene Mapping For Soldiers Dan Froomkin 2011

However, this one, which involves international scientists known as the Jasons bioengineering autistic children for their savant talents, as well as a plot to cover a good slice of the world in nuclear radiation, just didn’t click.

Books in 2009, #28 semisuite 2009

The report was submitted by an anonymous group of high-level scientists known as Project Jason -- or the Jasons.

Advisory Group Urges Gene Mapping For Soldiers Dan Froomkin 2011

The report was submitted by an anonymous group of high-level scientists known as Project Jason -- or the Jasons.

Advisory Group Urges Gene Mapping For Soldiers Dan Froomkin 2011

"The Jasons are one of many inputs that we take in, trying to get a variety of thoughts and ideas that are not all necessarily mainstream," said Melissa Flagg, the director for technical intelligence in the Pentagon's research and engineering department.

Advisory Group Urges Gene Mapping For Soldiers Dan Froomkin 2011

Ann Finkbeiner, a science writer and blogger, who wrote a book about Project Jason in 2006, told HuffPost that many Jasons have been Nobel Prize winners.

Advisory Group Urges Gene Mapping For Soldiers Dan Froomkin 2011

Ann Finkbeiner, a science writer and blogger, who wrote a book about Project Jason in 2006, told HuffPost that many Jasons have been Nobel Prize winners.

Advisory Group Urges Gene Mapping For Soldiers Dan Froomkin 2011