Nonsense. What you call a "letter" is simply a "rapid response", which is the journal's terminology for a below-the-line internet comment in response to one of their proper articl… (View Post)

Yes, I understand exactly what you mean. But there is both a sender and a recipient of a lie, often several of the latter, and I'm more concerned for them. If someone comes here and, through (say) se… (View Post)

I find it hard to think of a better structure than something SAGE-like. Certainly, they got things wrong last year. And some things said on the internet were more right than SAGE were. On the other h… (View Post)

Think how good it would feel to be a member of the "Mutant Taskforce", though. --AS (View Post)

Huh, coincidentally given the discussion about jobs, I just got an approach. Broadly speaking (for discretion), head of sub-department at a good Russell Group university. It's always nice to be asked… (View Post)