Letter from Thomas Gold to Dr Peter A Sturrock, Department of Space Science and Astrophysics, Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, Via Crespi, Stanford, California Agrees to be counted in, Sturrock is right, Gold does not have an axe to grind, but his does have a permanently sharp edge. Gold supposes Sturrock's policy with the counterweights will allow him to tread safely a path half-way between trutha and falsehood, sobriety and drunkeness, continence and excess. He looks forward to the result. 19 May 1978