Following on Mike's post of yesterday, there's an interesting Metafilter discussion of the so-called finding in question. Glad to see that the media is awake to these important advances in science.
As for writing on the web -- it's hard to disagree with the notion that the restrictions, inconveniences, and limitations that come with reading electronic text have forced me to think harder about the sharpness of what I write. I wonder, however, if it's conversely ruining me as a reader, making me habitually attuned to the bite-sized, the freshly linked, the up-2-the-second, the quickly scannable. I worry I'm less patient as a reader, and simply less inclined to take excursions into dense arguments or truly thoughtful, lengthy description.
Also, I tend, when writing a post like this, to be focused on getting it done quickly. This is a simple intellectual mistake, of course, but because I don't usually plan out my posts well in advance, and write them (as it were) on the fly, I think I'm less likely than in other venues to be writing well.
Posted by B T at June 30, 2001 01:39 PM