Inference: International Review of Science Feedback & Comments William Briggs Independent writer, statistician, scientist and consultant. “Tt would be my honor to accept your invitation. I know your journal. I especially like George Ellis's latest essay.” John Brooke Professor of History and Anthropology and Director of the Center for Historical Research at Ohio State. “Many thanks — I have been spending the last few minutes reading these letters, you have put together an excellent body of commentary.” Umberto Cannella Physicist and currently educational specialist for the Swiss Space Center at the Polytechnic Federal Institute in Lausanne. “I very much enjoyed the final form of the essay: the editing has really improved its completeness and readibility. The caricature was a nice plus of the collaboration: it was a pleasure to work with Inference and I do hope to contribute again in the future.” James Carny Brunel University London. “T read Inference with great interest, and consider it to be one of the most useful publications for intelligent and challenging writing across all the disciplines.” Gregory Chaitin Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. “T enjoyed very much the pieces by David Berlinski and Kusala Rajendran. Looking forward to reading Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, a terrific title.” 3 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022447