Stuff scientists say

Finally, a science-themed entry in the "Shit ______ say" meme. Science journalist Ferris Jabr and friends put this together and it's pretty funny. Reminds me a conversation I had earlier this week with a friend about her brother's social insect research. Another thing scientists say, "The hissing cockroach experiment is not going according to plan."

Bonus: Watch for a slide that references a previous scienceLOL you may remember.

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Nylund

All in all, kinda meh, but I definitely related to the wasting of time with computer games, the use of the word stochastic, and the bit about “more research is needed.”
- Marktech
  
  the use of the word stochastic
  
  Todays AWAD, as it happens. What are the chances of that happening?
http://profiles.google.com/mlashcorp José Côrte-Real

I can’t believe they didn’t use “In this paper we introduce a novel approach to …”
pizzicato

I can’t believe they left out the real shit, no self respecting scientist could do without an ‘in conclusion’ slide beside an abstract of course… Everything in between is inconsequential, because nobody reads it!
shirlockc

Again with the lab coat? And who wears goggles to look in the fridge?
- phil hoffman
  
  To look in a fridge with cell cultures and mustard mixed with reckless abandon? I would.
- Millo Lopez
  
  Sometimes I wish I had a full hazmat suit before looking in the office fridge..
julianasbananas

That’s about right, except for the cultures being kept in the same refrigerator as actual food.
jackbob

They missed out on a big one: ‘Trivial”.
My wife is a theoretical physicist and I’ve never been to any party with her and her colleagues and not overheard someone at some point saying either “but that’s trivial!!!!” (in exasperated tones) referring to someone else’s work or “It’s pretty non-trivial dude…” (very serious tones) referring to their own.
- AnthonyC
  
  A physics professor told me about a class by some famous physicist. The teacher said “It is easy to show that…”
  
  A student asked “Professor, *is* it easy to show that?”
  
  The teacher wrote for a while, then left the room. He came back 15 minutes later and said, “Yes, it’s easy.”
zaptrashmasher

That poor social scientist–no respect :(
http://twitter.com/ClaudioBonifazi CokePlusMentos

is it just me or they simply say a lot of normal stuff, apart from 2-3 things that are actually old-as-batman science clichés?
benchscientist

what, no data not shown?
Adelwolf

What IS it with the no love of the social scientist? Waaaaaaah