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When we let politics trump science, people are needlessly put in harm's way. http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/self-censoring-fears...
Short and sweet.
ReplyDeleteQuiet, you!
ReplyDeleteSuccinct indeed.
ReplyDeleteTrump supporters going to be confused...
ReplyDeleteLong enough to cover the important bits, short enough to keep it interesting. Like a mini skirt.
ReplyDeleteLike a good negligee.
ReplyDeleteSorry to be pedantic, but parsimonious is not the same as succinct (you mean succinct). Of course, parsimony is good, too.
ReplyDeleteJust KISS
ReplyDeleteBe concise.
ReplyDeleteJohn Hummel Parsimonious also means "economy in the use of means to an end," so I think it fits quite well. Succinct is another good word, but doesn't quite capture the essence of being economical in explaining what one means.
ReplyDeleteI sand corrected, Craig Froehle. My only familiarity with parsimony was the scientific/explanatory sense of the word.
ReplyDelete"Short is better than long, funny is better than not funny, short and funny is best."
ReplyDelete-- Rotsler's Rules
"My philosophy is, 'Get in, say what you need to say, get out,' but 'Toss in a grenade and come in firing' also works."
-- J. Michael Strazcynski
..and sometimes to pick the right subject!!
ReplyDeleteThe debate about the meaning of parsimony illustrates that using short and commonly understood words is better. "Omit needless words" (Rule III, 13 https://faculty.washington.edu/heagerty/Courses/b572/public/StrunkWhite.pdf
ReplyDeleteMatt Schofield Parsimonious was the shortest word I know of that meant exactly what I intended.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle sparing, frugal, thrifty are all shorter, equivalent in meaning, and more broadly understood. Unless you want the sense of mean, closefisted, stinting which the word acquired over time.
ReplyDeleteMatt Schofield Those are all good words, too, but they lose the alliteration. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat about... fastidious and precise.
ReplyDeleteMark Durham She's a killer que-een...
ReplyDeleteBlack powder and glycerin.
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