Congrats to Mike for his rant/blog.
Even better is his use of the tag gobbledigook thus breaking the very lean
number of uses of this tag (as far as I can make out via technorati.com) of
~ zero over the past 3 months.
We can all help here I am sure.
A bientot
Tim
>From: Michael Kenward <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "psci-com: on public engagement with science"
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [PSCI-COM] The use of English
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:31:26 -0000
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>I wonder if anybody else here stumbles over the slogan:
>
>"...creating excellence in public dialogue to inform better policy"
>
>Or the words:
>
>"Building the commitment and capacity of government to engage in public
>dialogue on scientific developments"
>
>They come courtesy of Sciencewise, a seemingly great idea hobbled by user
>hostile language.
>
>The catalyst for this rant was something that others may find more
>encouraging:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3ae9wc
>
>
>Me, I find it depressing.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3cl85v
>
>
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