tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18156735.post113231330349456423..comments2023-10-29T17:43:27.054+07:00Comments on café salemba: Wanted: A Better Press CorpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18156735.post-1132585866183216432005-11-21T22:11:00.000+07:002005-11-21T22:11:00.000+07:00There was an article in Republika about a group ...There was <A HREF="http://republika.co.id/online_detail.asp?id=221109&kat_id=248" REL="nofollow"> an article in Republika </A> about a group of Japanese researchers who had just completed a proof of a 120 year old theorem announced by a French matematician Camille Jordan in 1887. I knew nothing about Mr. Jordan or his theorem, but I knew something was amiss when I read:<BR/>"...Dalil itu ialah cekungan tertutup pada <B><I>pesawat udara</I></B> membagi <B><I>pesawat</I></B> tersebut menjadi bagian dalam dan bagian luar cekungan itu. Jika anda menggambar cekungan pada selembar kertas, anda akan <I>mengetahuinya secara intuisi</I>..."<BR/><BR/>Say what? A quick search with Google:<BR/>"..any closed curve that does not cross itself divides the <B><I>plane</I></B> into exactly two regions, one inside the curve and one outside..."<BR/><BR/>Ah, of course. Granted, this is more of an evidence of the unfortunate gap between scientific and everyday/common language than anything else. It's still bad journalism but not <I>irresponsible</I>-bad or <I> malevolent</I>-bad, just <I>incompetent</I>-bad. <BR/><BR/>Btw, I still don't understand the theorem, but at least I won't blame my intuition.Ujanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743023980780274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18156735.post-1132324527477726872005-11-18T21:35:00.000+07:002005-11-18T21:35:00.000+07:00have you ever noticed that those nation-wide newsp...have you ever noticed that those nation-wide newspapers always dedicate one or two coloumn on front pages for the how-life's-getting-harder-for-the-poor-since-the-fuel-subsidy-removal stories? what should be the message? we should put the fuel subsidy back? i mean come on... <BR/>PENTING??? situ oke??? hehehe...The Econ Babehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395801546430765615noreply@blogger.com