Wilczek was asked to serve on the committee “to pay the wages of his sin, since he’s the one that started all this with his letter.”
Moral: if you’re a practicing scientist, don’t admit the possibility of risk, or you will be punished. (No, this isn’t something I’ve drawn from this case study alone; this is also evident from other case studies, NASA being the most egregious.)
Wilczek was asked to serve on the committee “to pay the wages of his sin, since he’s the one that started all this with his letter.”
Moral: if you’re a practicing scientist, don’t admit the possibility of risk, or you will be punished. (No, this isn’t something I’ve drawn from this case study alone; this is also evident from other case studies, NASA being the most egregious.)