Since the current world-wide crisis began scientists have had very difficult times. Cuts in budgets and grants are a common difficulty that researchers have to handle in order to progress with their projects. Nevertheless, curiosity and perseverance are major forces that can drive a scientist towards their goal even in such a harsh condition. However, there is a critical boundary that can kill the bravest researcher and this happens when the manager in charge of science in your own country; the one who has to protect you as a researcher, tells in a prestigious media that " we must now stop talking about the importance of science, and instead commit ourselves to the need for excellence in science " and " we need to change the number of researchers by maintaining and improving the quality of the contracts while reducing the quantity. " You can find the full article in this link . Of course the response of the scientific community has been quick, and with ...