Re: What it takes to be a revolutionary thinker

mmeron_at_cars3.uchicago.edu
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:03:48 GMT

In article <423f2453.338567547@news.ucalgary.ca>, kmuldrezw@ucalgazry.ca (Ken Muldrew) writes:
>mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>
>>You mean, statements by "publically funded researchers" aren't often
>>hyperbolic:-)
>
>Heh, it's always tempting to begin a grant review with the question,
>"Do you really believe the nonsense you wrote in the first paragraph?"

Yep:-)

>But beyond a certain point, hyperbole becomes parody, and publically
>funded scientists, not being held responsible for the economic
>implications of what they use to justify their projects, long ago
>passed into the realm of of self-parody.

Often true.

> I'd probably enjoy the humor
>more if I was having better success getting grants myself. :-(
>
Well, I wish you best of luck with this.

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"

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