Dear Martin / Dear Marcello

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• Contents
• Introduction

The beginning of the correspondence is quite heavy with letters to Marcello from Martin. This is because Martin did not retain either part of the correspondence. His volume of letter writing was always large and he never kept letters that he would not use again. On the other hand, Marcello did retain Martin’s letters but not his own. (Apparently that was his practice in all his correspondence at the time)…

By 1977 it was becoming clear that Marcello’s vision of CSICOP was not aligned with the rest of the Executive Council. Originally the exchange centered on the policies of the Committee. It then extended to the general “demarcation problem,” the problem of distinguishing good science from bad science. Later it became an effort to change the other correspondent’s attitudes—without success…

These letters start with Martin asserting that the two are, in some ways, “in total agreement.” That level of rapport does not last very long. The attacks become more personal…

After over a year the correspondence resumes with little rancor. The topics strayed away from the demarcation problem, but not entirely. This chapter provides a pleasant denouement to the stridency of the foregoing letters…

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• Index