Re: Scientists reject God

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Wed, 02 Dec 1998 13:45:48 -0600

At 09:24 AM 12/2/98 -0700, Kevin O'Brien wrote:
>However, if the premise of the survey was that the NAS was the best place to
>find a majority of "leading" scientists I would have to dispute that. The
>NAS certainly has its share, but most of its members are not "leading"
>scientists (I've been invited to join a dozen times in as many years, and I
>am certainly not a "leading" scientist).

I dispute this contention. The elected members of the NAS are indeed
leading scientists. And I seriously doubt that Kevin has been elected
"several times" to the academy. Perhaps they have asked him to suscribe to
PNAS, but this does not constitute membership in the academy--a very
prestigious honor.