"Such dinners are where funding for post docs take place. I'd get mine pressed if you are that concerned Stu."

I'm not really too concerned. I'm a fat, middle-aged bloke whose been lucky to get as far as even starting my PhD; I can't see me going for tenure and I might give the post doc route a miss altogether. Lots to think about if I ever succeed.

"Anybody wishing to say the evidence base must always trump ignorance needs to take my place addressing large public meetings with hostile press and genuinely frightened members of the public, and try saying the evidence trumps their wishes."

Shine on - makes conference presentations look like a walk in the park.