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Although the anagram opportunities are better. STAG MESS, or MASS GETS perhaps? On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:49 AM, David Ansell <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Broadly because if it has science in the title it isn't one ;) > (except possibly materials science) > > You have to draw a line somewhere, otherwise you end up with STEMASSG > (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Social Sciences and Games) > which would be silly. > > Surely the point is to encourage people to do a range of subjects that > involve vaguely similar skill sets, or at least interest broadly the same > set of people, and are short of good quality recruits. > > I would have said (not having done and a physicist hence prejudiced) that > only they most quantitive end of social sciences looks anything like a > science in skill set required. Most of it, at least in school, is an essay > subject, plus and possibly most importantly I haven't heard many business > leaders decrying the lack of social scientists in the workforce. > > Fundamentally at school the cool kids do arts and social sciences, which > is what STEM is at least partly about discouraging. > <ducks> > Dave Ansell > > ********************************************************************** > 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, > send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following > message: > > set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] > > 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] the message: > > set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] > > 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > message: > > leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] > > 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list > archive, can be found at the list web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html > > 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and > science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk > > 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto: > [log in to unmask] > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************************