Daily Archives: 24 July 2013

Knowing What You Know (and What You Don’t)

Posted on 24 July 2013 by Athene Donald

This whole blog of mine was meant to be about interdisciplinary science. At least, when I started it up, 3 years ago next month, that was what I had in mind as my major theme. In fact, like so much … Continue reading →

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Library Day in the Life 2013 – Wednesday

Posted on 24 July 2013 by Frank Norman

Here is my third Day in the Life post this week (see Tuesday’s post, and Monday’s post for some background). I came in first thing to find a few emails from my boss in my inbox.  One was a reply to my request for … Continue reading →

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Tuesday pet peeve: people who don’t know what agnostic means

Posted on 24 July 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The increasing frequency with which I hear scientists misuse the word “agnostic” is starting to annoy me. It’s usually used to mean “I don’t have a strong preference”: for example, “I’m agnostic as to protocol – I could go either … Continue reading →

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