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A Guide To Efficient Scientific Communication

A Guide to Effective Scientific Communication
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Phrase                          Translation
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It has long been known  -->       I haven't bothered to look up the reference

It is believed        -->          I think

It is generally believed  -->     A couple of other guys think so too

It is not unreasonable to  -->    If you believe this, you'll believe
assume                               anything

Of great theoretical    -->       I find it kind of interesting
importance

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  -->    The others didn't make sense, so
further study                      we ignored them

The 4 hour sample was not   -->   I dropped it on the floor
studied

The 4 hour determination may   -->    I dropped it on the floor, but
not be significant                          scooped most of it up

The significance of these  -->    Look at the pretty artifact
results is unclear

It has not been possible to -->   The experiment was negative, but
provide definitive answers      at least I can publish the data
                                            somewhere

Correct within an order of   -->  Wrong
magnitude

It might be argued that   -->     I have such a good answer for this
                                    objection that I shall now raise it

Much additional work will be -->  This paper is not very good, but
required                                    neither are all the others in this miserable field

These investigations proved  -->  My grant is going to be renewed
highly rewarding

I thank X for assistance   -->  X did the experiment and Y explained
with the experiments and       it to me
Y for useful discussions
on the interperetation of
the data

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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.

                                                                                                       Richard Feynman