Din cand in cand mai auzim si vesti excelente legate de Romania si- chiar- de politica ei (citit astazi pe site-ul Ad-Astra). Cel putin la o prima vedere. Raman sceptic referitor la intentiile si abilitatile domnului Basescu (un scepticism diferit de cel al lui Octavian Paler insa, ar trebui sa se subinteleaga…), dar cu asemenea initiative creste mult in ochii mei.
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Dezbatere privind cercetarea din Romania (I)
Vad ca Ad-Astra a prins un asemenea ritm incat cu greu mai pot tine pasul cu citirea ultimelor stiri/analize de pe site-ul lor! Astazi Razvan a postat pe site-ul Ad-Astra o serie de articole aparute in presa despre reformele necesare din cercetarea stiintifica de la noi, carora unii li se opun prin orice mijloace (apelul adresat mediei plus/minus o abatere standard- apropos, excelent comentariul lui Daniel David aici!-
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Seemingly some Dutch economists in Holland – who don’t necessarily know me- are suddenly very concerned about my spending too much time on the internet (TRUE- but nothing to do about this, I have to be in touch with what happens in the world) and particularly about my apparently doing everything (read: putting too much effort and energy to the expense of my research time) to promote my website in the top most visited pages within the category “economie-nederland” on webstats4u (WRONG- the fact that webstats4u does not have a mechanism to block your own visits is nothing to blame on me- I decided nonetheless not to use my webpage as browser homepage anylonger, just to satisfy these criticisms and to show that I could not care less if I were in the top of the most visited economics pages in the Netherlands or not…).
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