Plain Language: Improving Communications from the Federal Government to the Public

Plain Language: Improving Communications from the Federal Government to the Public

Okay. So now all we need is a means of communication from the public to the federal government. But maybe that’s not as important.

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Ontology and Formal Semantics – Integration Overdue

Ontology and Formal Semantics – Integration Overdue

Overdue indeed. I became a semantician because I found the content representations being used in cognitive science were vacuous. Then I became an ontologist because I found the content representations being used in semantics were vacuous.
Only with plausible, common-sense ontology can we ever do plausible, common-sesne semantics. Only with [...]

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Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations
So, do you have any idea how huge this legal monstrosity has become?
Small wonder when you see that it contains such gems as these:
TITLE 7–AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER IX–AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and
Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

PART 993_DRIED PRUNES PRODUCED IN CALIFORNIA

Sec. 993.21a [...]

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Benign—Not: Unexpected deaths in probiotics study: Science News Online, Feb. 23, 2008

Benign—Not: Unexpected deaths in probiotics study: Science News Online, Feb. 23, 2008
And here all along I thought it was illegal to experiment on humans.

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The Case for Evidence-Based Policy

The Case for Evidence-Based Policy
If stuff like this were to catch on, we might suddenly find ourselves living in a real, working democracy.
Maybe it’s worth a try.

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