Archive for July, 2004

Royalty, media, and cancer experts

The Prince of Wales seems to be advocating coffee enemas (what?) and carrot juice as cancer treatment, and the press gives him many chances of spreading the ideas. Michael Baum is pissed off, but in a gentle, British manner (BMJ).

Now, what should he be most angry about: The Prince or the uncritical media coverage?

Efficient communication?

Brian Leiter on his blogging experiences. I can not really share his enthusiasm about the medium’s ability to further “efficient communication with a wide community of scholars (faculty and students) about matters of common interest”. One reason might be that many of my colleagues in Sweden don’t write or read blogs (and I’ve been mainly blogging in Swedish).

Should I write more in English or hope for more colleagues in the Swedish blogosphere and thus more communication via my Swedish blog?