[FRIAM] Acronyms

[Marcus Daniels]

Often bibliographies have clickable links, too.  Biology papers have some of the most obscure terminology.  It really seems like it is designed to obscure.

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 3:12 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Acronyms


When I see someting like BICBW,
1. I double click it
2. Get into a Google screen (or Duck Duck Go) (5 keystrokes using Launchbar on a Mac) It is unnecessary to copy it; Launchbar can with the selection.
3. Hit return.
4. Three out of the first five links contain the definition in the first line of the blurb. “BICBW stands for But I Could Be Wrong.”

Elapsed time: about five seconds.
Time to write this email, about 90 seconds.

—Barry

On 25 Jan 2021, at 17:31, thompnickson2 at gmail.com<mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

I assume when people use acronyms it is to communicate their membership in a club that I am not qualified to join, and they want me to be sure I know that.  So the medium IS the message.  Also, i’s a useful move in an interpersonal power game.  It forces the other person to come groveling back for an explication.  BICBW
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