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...communicate useful information - enabling situations to be understood and decisions made. Indicators must be both meaningful - accurately portraying what is happening - and resonant - allowing people to grasp the relevance to their own lives.” That’s rather a mouthful, but we can break it down: “an easily presented index” - that is, a number on some measurement...

...community shows how their fraudulent practices are frowned upon and it is also notable that there were significant consequences for these scientists. Scientists are human and have the same failings as the rest of the human population, falling prey to greed and wanting fame. Scientists, like everybody, can make genuine mistakes. The important thing is that scientists admit...