Often bibliographies have clickable links, too. Biology papers have some of the most obscure terminology. It really seems like it is designed to obscure.
From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 3:12 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Acronyms When I see someting like BICBW, 1. I double click it 2. Get into a Google screen (or Duck Duck Go) (5 keystrokes using Launchbar on a Mac) It is unnecessary to copy it; Launchbar can with the selection. 3. Hit return. 4. Three out of the first five links contain the definition in the first line of the blurb. “BICBW stands for But I Could Be Wrong.” Elapsed time: about five seconds. Time to write this email, about 90 seconds. —Barry On 25 Jan 2021, at 17:31, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: I assume when people use acronyms it is to communicate their membership in a club that I am not qualified to join, and they want me to be sure I know that. So the medium IS the message. Also, i’s a useful move in an interpersonal power game. It forces the other person to come groveling back for an explication. BICBW
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