Open AccessReply to Comment on “Giving Advice: Enough Is Enough After Three Solar Cycles”
Author(s) -
Mendillo Michael
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2010eo040005
Subject(s) - surprise , advice (programming) , public relations , politics , political science , media studies , psychology , advertising , sociology , social psychology , law , business , computer science , programming language
One of the joys of life is the ability to be surprised. I anticipated e‐mails from younger scientists expressing eagerness to serve on important advisory committees but frustrated at the lack of opportunity. Their messages spoke of the comfort zone of being in the shadows of the big boys—doing research rather than politics; but now they saw the need to get more involved. Bravo! My second surprise was that so many senior scientists, leaders of the geosciences nationally and abroad, voiced strong endorsements of the call to fix a dire situation.