On 12 Dec 2010 at 0:46, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > At least until recently, when the NY-er writes about science, they try very > hard not to write anything stupid.
What??? Have you forgotten the whole disgraceful Paul Brodeur episode? Refresh your memory by reading <http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN10/wn121010.html>. Worse than stupid, verging on criminal, given the amount of money it's caused to be thrown away and the amount of anxiety it's generated or caused to be misplaced. I haven't yet read the "decline effect" article, and am not commenting on it, just on your quoted sentence above. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
