Are you sure that you are talking about the National Academy of Sciences
and not some other group with the same acronym, such as the National
Association of Scholars?
At 08:50 PM 12/2/98 -0700, Kevin O'Brien wrote:
>Greetings Steve:
>
>>I dispute this contention. The elected members of the NAS are indeed
>>leading scientists.
>
>Some of them certainly are, but not all of them, or even most of them
>
>>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.
>>
>
>You have not accused me of lying, but you have come very close. I have
>received 12 invitations to join the NAS in the last 12-15 years, not
>requests to subscribe to PNAS. Whether you care to believe me is your
>business, but I am not lying.
>
>Kevin L. O'Brien
>
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