dishing to nobody

I think Paul's work (in what I would call philosophy of science) is fascinating, but the NSF doesn't get it. Beyond that, NSF's expectations for what our modest-sized program should do seem disproportionate to the resources provided. I don't think Paul helped himself, either. He wouldn't deign to fulfill the NSF's straightforward deliverable of a risk/safety/security/preparedness white paper, and he didn't follow up on the scenario planning and preparedness work NSF values (although budget was again part of the problem).