>From Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yale Daily News, Friday Jan. 13, 2006: > > http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=31250 >
... Jed, Kevles' reply to Ed Storm's protest gives me the impression of someone trying his best to extricate himself having to admit the possibility that he may have written a piece that (while very informative on the Cloning issue) makes an uninformed and inappropriate analogy between the recent scandal and claims of CF. I'm sure Kevles remains convinced of his vindication. Never the less, I believe it is very telling that Kevles emphasizes the fact that he was not referring to CF research AFTER the 1989 F&P announcement. I think he's trying to himself a little wiggle room while simultaneously going on the offense in suggesting that Mr. Storms seems to have "misread" his Washington Post article. Never the less, I gather from what Jed has previously said on the history of the 1989 F&P incident, Kevles continues to support two inaccurate comments: 1) "When asked to supply their [F&P] scientific colleagues with more information, they persistently refused. And Kevles' subsequent statement: 2) Other scientists trying to replicate their experiments could only guess at the apparatus they had used. Perhaps it is time to remind Kevles, once again, of these inaccuracies, or otherwise demand that he back up these two claims that he appears to adamantly support. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
