> Harbo has said SMR is simply a hygienic bees

Do you know Harbo?  Has he said this to you?  Some of us do know him, and do
speak with him, and know he would never use the word, "simply", in such a
context. Those are simply not his words, and they would not be Jeff's
either.

Moreover, when discussing SMR, in person, in his lab, or on the podium, when
I heard him -- and others will corroberate this -- he always stuck to
discussing the observations and goals, and distinguished carefully between
what they were observing and their hypotheses.  This distinction and careful
language was lost on many people. This problem plagues researchers when
speaking to laymen, many of whom who do not understand the subtle
distinctions between words and ideas, and who go more by general impression
than what was actually said or written.

At one time, when I was a BEE-L moderator, and someone appeared to be
putting words in a researcher's mouth, we held the post and wrote the
researcher to get the real facts.  This saved BEE-L from embarrassment
several times. Unfortunately, that does not appear to have been happening
lately, and loose, simplistic paraphrases and general impressions have been
let by repeatedly, posing as the words or opinions of authorities.

Pity.

allen

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