Captain Jordan Member
My other rocket is a car
STATUS: My life has been reduced to 200 measley characters, and I can't even seem to make use of every one. 10 yrs ago
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My life has been reduced to 200 measley characters, and I can't even seem to make use of every one.
10 yrs ago
Now I want a trophy.
10 yrs ago
Having trouble waking up today.
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Drakel said
3573EDIT: 3575
...the hell?
The Nexerus said
Yes, and I'm now even more egotistical than before.
You haven't been here for that long, so that's fairly decent. I'm only at 230.
Did you have some time to consider your place in the universe during that bus ride?
I was thinking about posting a cutting remark, but it worked out to be rather dull.
It's the age-old problem of scientists, when speaking to the public do you use terms familiar to those in your field, or do you use terms familiar to those in your audience?
If you use terms familiar to those in your field, you confuse the audience.
If you use terms familiar to those in your audience, you amuse your colleagues.
Which is why it's so hard for a proponent of evolution/global warming to explain to the public what's going on, people don't understand the dialect of science (not just the terminology, but lingo, words that have familiar meanings in common language but are used in very different ways in science).
If you use terms familiar to those in your field, you confuse the audience.
If you use terms familiar to those in your audience, you amuse your colleagues.
Which is why it's so hard for a proponent of evolution/global warming to explain to the public what's going on, people don't understand the dialect of science (not just the terminology, but lingo, words that have familiar meanings in common language but are used in very different ways in science).
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