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Title: Physics Author Cat
Post by: Ben on February 09, 2018, 10:05:19 AM

I was cracking up over this because it hit so close to home. Even though I'm retired, I'm still semi-involved in getting one last paper I'm a coauthor on through a peer review. Some of those peers are real pedantic jackwagons with overenthusiastic ideas of their self-worth, so I completely empathize with the author here.  :laugh:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/02/09/author-this-physics-paper-is-7-years-old-and-also-cat.html

Title: Re: Physics Author Cat
Post by: TommyGunn on February 09, 2018, 12:42:15 PM

Hey...my cat could win a Nobel Prize! [tinfoil]

Title: Re: Physics Author Cat
Post by: Hawkmoon on February 09, 2018, 05:45:10 PM

Physicists have a sense of humor!

Who knew?

Title: Re: Physics Author Cat
Post by: 230RN on February 09, 2018, 06:26:36 PM

Quote from: Hawkmoon on February 09, 2018, 05:45:10 PM

Physicists have a sense of humor!

Who knew?

It's only true for spherical physicists in a vacuum.

Terry, 230RN

Ancillary; wherein is demonstrated further humor by physicists: the alpha, beta, gamma physics paper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93Gamow_paper#Bethe's_name