Britain is warned of 'scientific dark ages' 

  British Association Annual festival hears that future
  advances may be under threat 

  Tim Radford, science editor
  Monday September 8, 2003
  The Guardian 

  "Britain must act to prevent it slipping into the scientific
  equivalent of the dark ages", Sir Peter Williams, president of
  the British Association, said yesterday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1037462,00.html

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  "Perceptions" note -

  Well, we gave them a chance some time ago - and what happened?

  UK's bureaucrats (N.E.S.T.A) rejected it, saying :- 

  "Your ideas are too controversial - and we can't understand them"

  See
  http://www.perceptions.couk.com/bureau.html
 
  and -
  http://www.perceptions.couk.com/blinded.html
  http://www.perceptions.couk.com/uef/
  http://www.perceptions.couk.com/verities.html
  http://www.perceptions.couk.com/greatest.html  

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