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the students wrote in the paper’s abstract. “We also discovered that science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before.” I a
by hugh3 16y ago
the students wrote in the paper’s abstract. “We also discovered that science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before.”
I am so tempted to add that to the abstract of my latest paper.
(Tragically I'm up to the 600-character limit anyway. Maybe I can delete the bit about the applications to extrasolar planets.)
- StavrosK 16y agoTangentially, this reminds me of some contest where you had to write "I smoke crack rocks" in a scientific paper that got published. Some redditor brilliantly worked that phrase into a legitimate sentence, I loved it.
- shrikant 16y agoChallenge + Winner: http://phdchallenge.org/awards http://phdchallenge.org/awards
- StavrosK 16y agoHah, thanks for that. However, this was significantly less impressive than what the reddit commenter did, who worked it in a chemical sentence to the effect of: In our experiment, we used two chemicals, iodine (I) and carbon (C) to observe their effects when burning. In one particular instance, the fumes produced after burning I were highly corrosive (we observed I smoke crack rocks and other similarly hard substances).