Sorry, but the first thing I thought when he said that was...
"What would it be like for Why_Do to be in charge of a power plant if the world voted for him to do so?"
...since according to his hypothesis he is equally as qualified as any current holder of the job should it be an elected position.

And then, after the natural shudder, the above were the second, third, and fourth things that just naturally derived from that thought!

I could change "why_do" to "any of why_do's hypothetical people with no science background voted into a position that requires scientific knowledge" but the latter was just more concise.

Oh and the crackpot index is something quite handy to have and deploy in any "science" thread.