A Guide to Effective Scientific Communication
It has long been known
I haven't bothered to look up the referenceIt is believed
I thinkIt is generally believed
A couple of other guys think so tooIt is not unreasonable to assume
If you believe this, you'll believe anythingOf great theoretical importance
I find it kind of interestingOf great practical importance
I can get some mileage out of itTypical results are shown
The best results are shown3 samples were chosen for further study
The others didn't make sense, so we ignored themIt has not been possible to provide definitive answers
The experiment was negative, but at least I can publish the data somewhereCorrect within an order of magnitude
WrongIt might be argued that
I have such a good answer for this objection that I shall now raise itMuch additional work will be required
This paper is not very good, but neither are all the others in this miserable fieldThese investigations proved highly rewarding
My grant is going to be renewedI thank X for assistance with the experiments and Y for useful discussions on the interpretation of the data
X did the experiment and Y explained it to me
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