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At 21:25 +0200 5/1/03, Ramon Sala wrote:
Sounds like an interesting project. Unfortunately, I cannot direct
I'm a physics teacher and actually I'm preparing a TV report on the
abuse of the scientific terms in publicity, how this kind of stuff tell
us something about the scientific cultural level of society and how to
deal with it in the educational programs.
you to any studies on the subject you ask about, but I would like to
nudge your attention over to the converse problem, which, from an
educational point of view is at least as important as the question
you have raised, if not more important. What I refer to is the habit
of scientists to take over everyday words, and give them new meanings
which may or may not have any relation to the everyday usage. I think
this would be a very worthwhile follow-on to your first question.