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Sorry Umberto and colleagues, I accidentally pressed the SEND button before finishing the email. I blame the very fine Amarone that I am drinking this evening. Dear Umberto, Thank you for your thoughtful and reasoned analysis for which I am very grateful in sorting out some of the confusion. I, also, would like to know the location and qualifications of Matteo Levi. There is a very distinguished and brilliant Italian Abruzzi film man of this name. Could it be he? Again, when science, politics, and law become entangled, we have a toxic mix. Alan Gibbs and Dennis Brown have hit the nail on the head. When scientists are asked to give their "official" considered views and opinion, they had better be very careful in what they say. They would do well to keep out of making prognoses and trying to help the cowboys that inhabit the halls of government. My advice is for serious scientists to stick to serious science and to avoid the seductive route to fine hotels, titles, and running things. Keep a low profile and enjoy your science. Especially, do not become involved in judging your fellow scientists, the modern trend in international bureaucracy. Much of modern science is forgetting its intellectual and scholarly roots. Best wishes, John Dewey -- ----------------------------------- Please update your address book to use [log in to unmask] as my e-mail address. Prof. John F. Dewey FRS, Hon. M.R.I.A., Mem. Acad. Eur., For. Mem. > US Nat. Acad. Sci, > > Distinguished Emeritus Professor University of California, Emeritus > > Professor University College Oxford. > > > > Sherwood Lodge, > > 93 Bagley Wood Road, > > Kennington, > > Oxford OX1 5NA, > > England, UK > > > > University College, > > High Street, > > Oxford OX1 4BH > > > > Telephone Nos: > > 011 44 (0)1865 735525 (home Oxford) > > 011 44 (0)1865 276792 (University College Oxford) > > email: [log in to unmask]