tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17199594.post5515090932934983808..comments2023-04-14T10:27:17.116+00:00Comments on Highly Allochthonous Archive: Scientific writing for beginnersChris Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923865059164569384noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17199594.post-29283539946717032052006-12-01T09:15:00.000+00:002006-12-01T09:15:00.000+00:00When I was a wee high school student, I thought sc...When I was a wee high school student, I thought scientists were all noble and neutral and polite and never clung to pet theories in the face of all evidence to the contrary.<br /><br />I was so very, very naive.<br /><br />It's especially fun to read a paper and realize that it's basically a big hate-on for some other guy (see: just about anything published by Axelrod or Jack Wolfe on paleobotany and temperature).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17199594.post-55041645291687575792006-11-29T11:30:00.000+00:002006-11-29T11:30:00.000+00:00In my maths and physics lectures, the words "obvio...In my maths and physics lectures, the words "obviously" and "clearly" usually translated as either "spend two hours trying to figure out this step in your own time. Muhaha.", or "this is not at all obvious unless you approximate infinity as 0 or 1 or something else obscure, but I'm not going to tell you that. Muhahahaha."Chris Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923865059164569384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17199594.post-73188099070972541362006-11-29T10:11:00.001+00:002006-11-29T10:11:00.001+00:00Oh, and I love the reply!Oh, and I love the reply!postbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17452493585178844137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17199594.post-31195270750047090652006-11-29T10:11:00.000+00:002006-11-29T10:11:00.000+00:00This (vaguely) reminds me of the old joke in which...This (vaguely) reminds me of the old joke in which a mathematician is giving a lecture and states 'It is obvious that...', then stops, scratches his head, and runs out of the room with a sheaf of paper, only to return 20 minutes later and start again 'It IS obvious that...'postbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17452493585178844137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17199594.post-41501957250687674282006-11-28T12:55:00.000+00:002006-11-28T12:55:00.000+00:00I like nontrivial (adj.): almost, but not quite, i...I like nontrivial (adj.): almost, but not quite, impossible.MissPrismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852979700494482453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17199594.post-80714693451951026482006-11-24T08:04:00.000+00:002006-11-24T08:04:00.000+00:00Don't forget:
"preliminary studies suggest" = "det...Don't forget:<br />"preliminary studies suggest" = "detailed analysis disproves"C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.com