Scientific phrases defined

SewerStarFish · Jul 30, 2003, 02:49 PM

I have notice that quite a few scientific minds are here at Civfanatics and thought that they might need some help when reading those scientific papers. Here are 15 common phrases and what they really mean:
1 "It has long been known that..." "I haven't bothered to look up the original reference but..."
2 "Of great theoretical and practical importance" "Interesting to me"
3 "While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to these questions..." "The experiment didn't work out, but I figured I could at least get a publication out of it"
4 " The W-PO system was chosen as especially suitable to show the predicted behavior..." "The fellow in the next lab had some already made up"
5 "Three samples were chosen for detailed study..." "The results of the others didn't make sense"
6 "Accidentally strained during mounting..." "Dropped on the floor"
7 "Handled with extreme care throughout the experiment" "Not dropped on the floor"
8 "Typical results are shown..." "The best results shown"
9 "Agreement with the predicted curve is Excellent.../Good.../Satisfactory.../Fair..." " Fair.../Poor.../Doubtful.../Imaginary"
10 "It is suggested that...it is believed that... it may be that...""I think"
11 "It is generally believed that..."
"A couple of other guys think so too"
12 "It is clear much additional work will be required before a complete understanding..." "I don't understand it"
13 "Unfortunately, a quantitative theory to account for these results has not been formulated..." "Neither does anybody else"
14 "Correct within an order of magnitude..." "Wrong"
15 "Thanks are due to Joe Glotz for assistance with the experiments and to John Doe for the valuable discussion..." "Glotz did the work and Doe explained what it meant"

thedirk · Jul 30, 2003, 04:40 PM

These are hilarious.

barron of ideas · Jul 30, 2003, 05:50 PM

Its a shame they aren't original, at least not original with Mr Fish. (can I call you Sewer?)

Sims2789 · Jul 30, 2003, 09:31 PM

Denise Richards, Hale Barry and Angelina Jolie's scientific names: Biggimus Breastimus

Perfection · Jul 30, 2003, 11:02 PM

They are into polygamy?!?!?!

puglover · Jul 31, 2003, 09:28 AM

That's good!

WillJ · Jul 31, 2003, 09:48 AM

Great!

"There is much debate among the scientific community about this issue..." "I am the only smart guy around here..."

"Studies have shown" "Some guy's book has shown..."

"We are still in the process of testing" "We can't get this damn thing to work"

"Four out of five scientists agree" "That's right, there's only five scientists"

"This may or may not be of great scientific importance" "Why the hell am I doing this?"

Rout · Jul 31, 2003, 10:05 AM

Brilliant, i recognise most of those!
Here's some i use often:
"and so to conclude" "Im fast approaching my word count limit"
"considering further practical applications.." "Im nowhere near my word count limit"
"...further analysis.." "This was terrible i need to start over from scratch and not 'accidentally strain' the sample"
"within the limitations of the study" "Yeah the experimental design stinks"
"Concordant with published data" "..cos i fudged the damn results"
"As predicted.." "..after the experiment"

SewerStarFish · Jul 31, 2003, 06:29 PM

WillJ and Rout

Here's an oldie

Yaniv · Aug 03, 2003, 01:51 PM

Here are some I thought of:

"The most fascinating and interesing aspect of all: "We gotta keep you listening to this s*** somehow"

"The lab tests clearly show": " Look at the tests for about twenty minutes and maybe you'll see something"

"After much debate, we have agreed that.." "We fliped a coin and it turned out heads"

If these are worth anything' i'll try to come up with more.

The Person · Oct 31, 2003, 03:59 AM

Never unerestimate the stupidness of scientists... I did until i saw this thread

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Jul 30, 2003, 02:49 PM	#1
SewerStarFish King Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Reading, Pa., USA Posts: 791	Scientific phrases defined I have notice that quite a few scientific minds are here at Civfanatics and thought that they might need some help when reading those scientific papers. Here are 15 common phrases and what they really mean: 1 "It has long been known that..." "I haven't bothered to look up the original reference but..." 2 "Of great theoretical and practical importance" "Interesting to me" 3 "While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to these questions..." "The experiment didn't work out, but I figured I could at least get a publication out of it" 4 " The W-PO system was chosen as especially suitable to show the predicted behavior..." "The fellow in the next lab had some already made up" 5 "Three samples were chosen for detailed study..." "The results of the others didn't make sense" 6 "Accidentally strained during mounting..." "Dropped on the floor" 7 "Handled with extreme care throughout the experiment" "Not dropped on the floor" 8 "Typical results are shown..." "The best results shown" 9 "Agreement with the predicted curve is Excellent.../Good.../Satisfactory.../Fair..." " Fair.../Poor.../Doubtful.../Imaginary" 10 "It is suggested that...it is believed that... it may be that...""I think" 11 "It is generally believed that..." "A couple of other guys think so too" 12 "It is clear much additional work will be required before a complete understanding..." "I don't understand it" 13 "Unfortunately, a quantitative theory to account for these results has not been formulated..." "Neither does anybody else" 14 "Correct within an order of magnitude..." "Wrong" 15 "Thanks are due to Joe Glotz for assistance with the experiments and to John Doe for the valuable discussion..." "Glotz did the work and Doe explained what it meant" __________________ Why choose the lesser evil? Vote Cthulhu.

Jul 30, 2003, 09:31 PM	#4
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Jul 31, 2003, 09:48 AM	#7
WillJ Coolness Connoisseur Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 9,471	Great! "There is much debate among the scientific community about this issue..." "I am the only smart guy around here..." "Studies have shown" "Some guy's book has shown..." "We are still in the process of testing" "We can't get this damn thing to work" "Four out of five scientists agree" "That's right, there's only five scientists" "This may or may not be of great scientific importance" "Why the hell am I doing this?" __________________ \/\/ \| \|_ \|_ (_/

Jul 30, 2003, 04:40 PM	#2
thedirk Master of Stealth Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The future centre of the universe Posts: 553	These are hilarious.

Jul 30, 2003, 05:50 PM	#3
barron of ideas Barron Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 695	Its a shame they aren't original, at least not original with Mr Fish. (can I call you Sewer?)

Jul 31, 2003, 10:05 AM	#8
Rout ZZzzzzzz Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 530	Brilliant, i recognise most of those! Here's some i use often: "and so to conclude" "Im fast approaching my word count limit" "considering further practical applications.." "Im nowhere near my word count limit" "...further analysis.." "This was terrible i need to start over from scratch and not 'accidentally strain' the sample" "within the limitations of the study" "Yeah the experimental design stinks" "Concordant with published data" "..cos i fudged the damn results" "As predicted.." "..after the experiment" Last edited by Rout; Jul 31, 2003 at 10:08 AM.

Jul 31, 2003, 06:29 PM	#9
SewerStarFish King Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Reading, Pa., USA Posts: 791	WillJ and Rout Here's an oldie __________________ Why choose the lesser evil? Vote Cthulhu.

Aug 03, 2003, 01:51 PM	#10
Yaniv Prince Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Alone, in my room Posts: 528	Here are some I thought of: "The most fascinating and interesing aspect of all: "We gotta keep you listening to this s*** somehow" "The lab tests clearly show": " Look at the tests for about twenty minutes and maybe you'll see something" "After much debate, we have agreed that.." "We fliped a coin and it turned out heads" If these are worth anything' i'll try to come up with more.

Oct 31, 2003, 03:59 AM	#11
The Person Deity +2 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 2,712	Never unerestimate the stupidness of scientists... I did until i saw this thread. __________________ My words of wisdom(?).

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