About: Rhadegund

Disclaimer: Mentioning Lysenko is perhaps the scientific equivalent of Godwin’s law but, for the recent arrivals to the party, I enjoyed this article from the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/the-tragic-story-of-soviet-genetics-shows-the-folly-of-political-meddling-in-science-72580 MBIE is busily rounding up all the decision-making in administering science funding. The Marsden Funding has been taken off the Marsden Council and the Health Research Council Funding…

Disclaimer: George worked for both the DSIR ChemDiv and Industrial Research Limited and, as everyone will tell you, is prone to viewing the science landscape through rose-tinted glasses. He doesn’t think he made anything up completely but perhaps check with Auntie Google. MBIE is beavering away setting up the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology…

Disclaimer: George was educated to be a good Christian gentleman and so when he is asked to talk about something positive, he does his best. He can also tell you that Matthew Chapter 13: Verse 12 reads, “For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not,…

Disclosure Statement: George usually ties his tie with the ‘Nicky’ and occasionally the ‘Oriental’. He is inclined to be judgmental of people who use the ‘Pratt-Shelby’. I have always been keen on knots. I think it comes from Dick Callum worrying how John would feel about the knots he used to rescue the cragfast sheep in…