@peteirvine Many words become political symbols I write about these dynamics here: https://t.co/nXk5Py6zlc Once a word becomes a symbol it would be naive to try to explain “well I didn’t mean it like that” Consider current debates over river/sea Easy
Google Ngrams updated thru 2019 (yay!) HT @STS_News Here is an update to my 2012 paper on the decline of “basic research” as a political symbol The decline continues Pielke 2012➡️https://t.co/nXk5PxOq74 https://t.co/MaHoA0b3uK
More essays/articles that question narrative of science and policy/public opinion pls. I personally am a fan a "basic research" for my own curiosity's sake, but I am increasingly unsure about the myth around it. https://t.co/fshKRzwew6 https://t.co/nQcL
RT @Jackstilgoe: @CameronNeylon @curtrice The best book on this remains Donald Stokes's Pasteur's Quadrant. Also @RogerPielkeJr https://t.c…
@CameronNeylon @curtrice The best book on this remains Donald Stokes's Pasteur's Quadrant. Also @RogerPielkeJr https://t.co/28wqM9AlYj and https://t.co/WqNoae2HI4
"Basic Research as a Political Symbol" (Roger Pielke Jr.) http://t.co/M67xQlmi