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EU unemployment is a problem. | 70 comments (70 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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It's not like you are ever going to be able to "prove" these things to everybody's full satisfaction anyway. This is not rocket science. It's harder.

Sorry, I try to be very careful to be precise about how reliable things like that are.

As for your other diary: I never read it properly as I wasn't well. My loss. I'll have to read it now.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Mar 28th, 2006 at 11:26:30 AM EST
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You're right to be precise. No need to apologize. Sorry if I sounded defensive.
by TGeraghty on Tue Mar 28th, 2006 at 11:44:32 AM EST
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I'm afraid I consider that the lack of emphasis on the provisional nature of scientific and theoretical results when communicating with laymen to cause of a lot of the loss of confidence in science.

And now I'm taking a break: I cannot believe I just constructed that sentence.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Mar 28th, 2006 at 11:50:08 AM EST
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I think that's right. The media hype the latest paper in some field as if it were the final word on the issue (e.g. the "apples cause cancer" scare we had over here about 15 years ago) and people go nuts.
by TGeraghty on Tue Mar 28th, 2006 at 11:52:08 AM EST
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What? I thought this was about economy and employment and stuff I generally don't chip in... You and Colman's magnificent sentence sound exactly how I feel when I pick apart the next untruths and baseless enlargements in (climate) science in the popular media. What just happened?
by Nomad (Bjinse) on Tue Mar 28th, 2006 at 06:23:56 PM EST
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EU unemployment is a problem. | 70 comments (70 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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