Resumo da ópera.
Paul Krugman: "A lot of recent economics is not useful. Some economists are completely dense."
The Economist: "Yes, all economics is useless and all economists are equally dense."
Paul Krugman: "No, economics can be useful and some economists are doing good work."
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"dense" has opposite meaning in Portuguese, hasn't it?
sgold
"Denso" em português é um texto pesado, onde a mente humana custa a penetrar. "Dense" in English is a heavy mind, where ideas have difficulty entering. Há uma simetria poética.
o longman é pretty clear:
dense:(...)
3 (informal) not able to understand things easily [= stupid]
abs
sgold
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