This rolled in this morning.

Subject: Scientist humor

WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY, AND WHAT THEY MEAN:
A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED
PHRASE
———-TRANSLATION
It has long been known
———-I haven’t bothered to look up the reference
It is believed
———-I think
It is generally believd
———-A couple of other guys think so, too
It is not unreasonable to assume
———-If you believe this, you’ll believe anything
Of great theoretical importance
———-I find it kind of interesting
Of great practical importance
———-I can get some mileage out of it
Typical results are shown
———-The best results are shown
3 samples were chosen for further study
———-The others didn’t make sense, so we ignored them
The 4-hour sample was not studied
———-I dropped it on the floor
The 4-hour determination may not be significant
———-I dropped it on the floor, but scooped most of it up
The significance of these results is unclear
———-Look at the pretty artifact
It has been possible to provide definitive answers
———-The experiment was negative, but at least I can publish the data somewhere
Correct within an order of magnitude
———-Wrong
It might be argued that
———-I have such a good answer for that objection that I shall now raise it
Much additional work will be required
———-This paper is not very good, but neither are all the others in this miserable field
These investigations proved highly rewarding
———- My grant is going to be renewed!
I thank X for assistance with the experiments and Y for usefull discussions on the interpretation of the data
———-X did the experiment and Y explained it to me
SOURCE: Internet lore

Thanks Joantine.

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