Metro gets frosty on liquid nitrogen ‘gas’
Blogger Martin Davies has an amusing (if somewhat brief) exchange with a Metro journalist over their description of liquid nitrogen as a gas.
Everyone knew what we meant by ‘gas’ - even if it was wrong scientifically - and that is the purpose of communication, the business we are in.
I replied:
What did you mean by “gas” if not “gas”? Surely using a word correctly is at the very heart of communication?
Taking back science with patronising humour? That’s the kind of sciencepunking we like to see! (link)
5 comments May 25th, 2007