What your science teachers really mean!

Ever not understood what the hell you science teacher has said to you?

Well i have and have found out what they really mean!





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 anything
assume

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

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

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 da 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
higy 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

Some very good ideas stated = Please dont answer a question again!

Lool at those.

'It is generally believed = A couple of other guys think so too'

Or the other teachers.