Dear Ian, I have always thought that this saying, attributed to Lincoln, is sorely lacking the finishing touch, which is: “in a democracy, it is sufficient to fool enough of the people at the right time”. Today’s results are a prime example.
--Noam From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Ian Tickle Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 2:25 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Fwd: [ccp4bb] just out of totally idle curiosity ... Abraham Lincoln was right, or at least this famous quote was attributed to him in a speech he gave in Clinton (yes!), Illinois: "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." https://www.academia.edu/2506410/A_New_Look_at_You_Can_Fool_All_the_People_ Cheers -- Ian On 9 November 2016 at 09:49, Roberto Battistutta <roberto.battistu...@unipd.it<mailto:roberto.battistu...@unipd.it>> wrote: A note of optimism ... in Italy we could survive to Berlusconi ... Best, Roberto. Inizio messaggio inoltrato: Da: "William G. Scott" <wgsc...@ucsc.edu<mailto:wgsc...@ucsc.edu>> Data: 09 novembre 2016 06.37.30 GMT+01.00 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Oggetto: [ccp4bb] just out of totally idle curiosity ... Rispondi a: "William G. Scott" <wgsc...@ucsc.edu<mailto:wgsc...@ucsc.edu>> What’s the job situation in Europe looking like for refugee scientists these days? William G. Scott Director, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California 95064 USA http://scottlab.ucsc.edu Roberto Battistutta Associate Professor Department of Chemical Sciences University of Padua via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova - ITALY tel. +39.049.827.5262<tel:%2B39.049.827.5262> fax. +39.049.827.5829<tel:%2B39.049.827.5829> roberto.battistu...@unipd.it<mailto:roberto.battistu...@unipd.it> www.chimica.unipd.it/roberto.battistutta/<http://www.chimica.unipd.it/roberto.battistutta/>