Surgeons must know their limitations, but so must governments

摘要

Professor Peter Bell is sitting behind his large desk on which he involuntarily taps his hand as he speaks about the nature of fate. Behind him is a myriad of photos of him at rest―most of which show him playing in the garden with his grandchildren. The subject of fate arises when we discuss his career path, which on the surface would seem to belong to a ferociously ambitious being. "I've never had any ambition. It may sound strange, but it's true actually. You can ask my wife if you don't believe me. I've just done the job as best I can," he says in his native Yorkshire accent.