Outdated Evolution: Updating Our Governments to Cope with Disruptive Technology

Just this part stood out to me:

"A study found that 59 percent of US presidents, 68 percent of vice presidents, and 78 percent of secretaries of state were lawyers by education and occupation. That’s more than one out of every two people in the most powerful positions in the American government restricted to a field dedicated to convincing other people (judges) their perspective is true, even if they lack evidence.
And so the scientific method became less important than semantics to our leaders. Similarly, of the 535 individuals in the American congress, only 24 hold a PhD, only 2 of which are in a STEM field. And so far, it’s not getting better: Trump is the first president since WWII not to name a science advisor."

Lawyers defend the position they're given, not what is right. Is the solution to ban lawyers from top government positions?

https://singularityhub.com/2018/09/09/outdated-evolution-updating-our-governments-to-cope-with-disruptive-technology/