Mr Milosz is as much a philosopher as a literary critic, though one with a practical turn of mind, a wry sense of humour and a taste for irreducible particulars.
"This incident had the potential to turn into a practical joke leading to a fatality", Mr Rowan added.
In some countries, bamboozled bargain-hunters, abandoned in an obscure field as part of a giant practical joke, would probably turn furiously on their tormentors.
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But previous attempts to turn it into practical technology have failed.
Much remains to be done to confirm the finding and turn it into a practical vaccine.
Even so, if Mr Bush is to burnish his green credentials, he needs to do more to turn fine visions into practical actions.
Now, Toyota has come up with a variation on the driverless car idea that actually might turn out to be more practical.
It has, though, taken Dr Baselt and his colleagues, along with researchers in several other organisations, ten years to turn his insight into a practical technology.
As a practical matter the proposed net neutrality rules would largely turn today's broadband providers, whether their services are delivered over wireline, fiber, cable, satellite or wireless platforms, into traditional common carriers.
And when families struggle, they often turn to religious leaders for the spiritual and practical support to move forward.
During times of market turmoil, investors inevitably turn to their financial advisers for perspective, practical suggestions and maybe even a shoulder to cry on.
To the contrary, they are certain to have the effect of making such a turn-around unlikely until it is still harder, if not as a practical matter impossible, to effect.
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