Harassment is about power — -the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate. - Michael Crichton

As the twentieth century drew to a close, the connection between hard scientific fact and public policy became increasingly elastic. In part this was possible because of the complacency of the scientific profession; in part because of the lack of good science education among the public; in part, because of the rise of specialized advocacy groups which have been enormously effective in getting publicity and shaping policy; and in great part because of the decline of the media as an independent assessor of fact.

He prays because he knows he doesn't control it. He's at the mercy of it.

We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.