Comments on: The Man from the Ministry

By: Luis Sancho

Luis Sancho — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:14 +0000

Well it seems to me very consequential, 2/3rds of scientific budgets go to physics worldwide and 2/3rds of physics research is on weapons, now disguised of 'peaceful research' and 'religious marketing' such as CERN looking for the God's particle, aka higgs, which is in fact the already found top quark as per nambu. In other words a hoax, relic of the old military-industrial complex of 'atomic cannons', a quark cannon that after the dumb hole made at haifa which didnt evaporate, will probably do black holes that wont evaporate... all this and more... not to bore... makes very reasonable mr. Drayson's position carpe diem

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WeBlogScience » Blog Archive » SciCom Links 23/6/09 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:50:39 +0000

[...] >> Lord Drayson engages with the masses on Twitter >> Just a Theory; 2020 Science; I’m a Scientist; PD Smith [...]

By: PD Smith

PD Smith — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:33:44 +0000

Yes, lucky indeed. Although if I had as much money as he does, I can think of better things to do with my time than sitting in Cabinet meetings! I guess it's all about power though...

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:53:49 +0000

I can virtually see him sitting in a boring meeting of the science committee, or of the musical chairs cabinet, happily tweeting away. The important thing to know about him is though, that as a co-founder of Powderject, he got extremely lucky -- without ever reaching its original goal (bringing needle-less injection to market) the company made its founders incredibly wealthy. So he can very happily indulge in his pleasures from car racing to tweeting, from supporting science to buying battleships for the government, safe in the knowledge that he doesn't actually have to work ever again. what a lucky b******.

By: PD Smith

PD Smith — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:36:38 +0000

Thanks for that - very helpful. I have to admit I was being a bit cheeky there...!

By: Jesse Wells

Jesse Wells — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:59:34 +0000

The "Silos" he was referring to are not the missile bearing kind, but a type of social structure that often blocks communication and the gaining of results in organizations.

Think of it in terms of the people or person in control of each "silo" believing that they know best, because their work is the most important. So they ignore or even actively work against the goals of the other isolated "silos".

http://www.conversationsmatter.org/2008/06/10/the-impact-of-organizational-silos-on-social-media/

This is a large part of the reason California's state government is so messed up, believe me, this Yankee saw it from the inside.

By: Just A Theory » DIUS, bias and twitter to the defence…

Just A Theory » DIUS, bias and twitter to the defence… — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:56:28 +0000

[...] yesterday on twitter. One of the contributors to the online dialogue has a helpful rundown of it here. And as my colleague Colin Stuart (@skyponderer) tweeted, “Hats off for the chance for [...]

By: Peter Rowlett

Peter Rowlett — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:27:35 +0000

"The Man from the Ministries", presumably

Interesting post. I had a slightly scary moment a few months ago with "Lord Drayson is now following you on Twitter". "What? Who? Eek!"

By: PD Smith

PD Smith — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:58:35 +0000

BTW, for other views of what happened see the following blogs: Times Online The Great Beyond (Nature) 2020 Science I'm a Scientist Get Me Out of Here Just a Theory The Scientific Activist

By: PD Smith

PD Smith — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:53:38 +0000

That's brilliant Paul! You're clearly a very perceptive observer of the British political scene. Indeed, it wouldn't surprise me if this comes true sooner than you think...!