Science without a conscience?

I want to comment on Wanyu's
recent entry appeared on 9 November. I was going to write it on her blog; but it turns out to be tooo long, and a quite independent topic by itself. Now, it's more like my personal declaration of what I take to be a 'professional academic'. If you feel like it, click here.*

*Alternatively, you can access to the comment by visiting the archive of Nov. 2004.