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Science Humor
Oct. 1st, 2008 04:39 pmQuotes from Biometry:
Student 1: "What's the Y variable on that graph?"
Professor: "I think in this case it was percent survival of eggs to adults in houseflies...but it doesn't really matter. It could be -- oh -- number of Christmas cards received..."
Student 2: "That would be a lot lower for houseflies, wouldn't it?'
Student: "That was sadistic!"
Professor: "Thank you."
And a handful of funny quotes from Dr. R--- himself:
"[Falsifying data] goes on in our field, too... but probably it mostly happens in studies you can actually make money off of."
"That's right, who're you going to believe: Me, or your lying eyes?"
"Correlation: Regression's red-headed stepchild cousin."
"If you're familiar with partial differential equations, this is exactly the same."
Student 1: "What's the Y variable on that graph?"
Professor: "I think in this case it was percent survival of eggs to adults in houseflies...but it doesn't really matter. It could be -- oh -- number of Christmas cards received..."
Student 2: "That would be a lot lower for houseflies, wouldn't it?'
Student: "That was sadistic!"
Professor: "Thank you."
And a handful of funny quotes from Dr. R--- himself:
"[Falsifying data] goes on in our field, too... but probably it mostly happens in studies you can actually make money off of."
"That's right, who're you going to believe: Me, or your lying eyes?"
"Correlation: Regression's red-headed stepchild cousin."
"If you're familiar with partial differential equations, this is exactly the same."
