Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to Lucy Telfar Barnard,
introduce some new tradition which allowed youth to hear the sentiments expressed at tangi while they were still alive - i.e. that the solution was not to remove glorification of the dead, but also to glorify the living.
Great idea. Why we arrange things so the only time people gather to say good things about a person is after they can't hear them is beyond me.
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
I only knit manly things.
like yoghurt
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to Emma Hart,
But then, I really enjoy introducing "cool and interesting" people to each other
couldn't believe you had not met Tze Ming before
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to Bart Janssen,
how about everyone says that to Ben at the blend
capital plan (not that I had anything of the sort in mind, oh no)
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Bart Janssen,
GMO crops cause allergies
What, someone has experimentally proved that's not true? I thought part of the resistance to GM crops was the lack of precautionary research before their release.
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to BenWilson,
"Hey are you the Ben Wilson from PAS? Love your work"
There's always the Blend..
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Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to Kracklite,
I think Rhinocrates is increasingly representing my sillier side
And those damn fine tangles with young neolib twat James. Thanks for those.
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Bart Janssen,
some belief that was demonstrably false
example?
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
Now, convincing businesspeople to fund research in the humanities, that's a trick.
I've been having a great related conversation with Ben today (thanks, sir).
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
That doesn't devalue the work they do
I wonder what our nation's woeful private sector contribution to research and development does for science's perceived value?
And for the relationship between that value and the funding of particular work. The current government is more explicitly focusing on applied research - or in other words, what business thinks is valuable rather than what scientists might choose to pursue. Government and business decision-makers seem like relevant audiences to consider as well as the general public.