I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure.
I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.
The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn't freak us out too much.