{"id":638,"date":"2013-01-08T17:33:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/notranting\/?p=638"},"modified":"2013-01-09T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T20:27:00","slug":"guilty-laughter-but-still-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/notranting\/2013\/01\/08\/guilty-laughter-but-still-laughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty laughter. But still laughter."},"content":{"rendered":"

As I sat here today, wrestling with an intransigent Master’s thesis (the thesis is NOT mine, though the intransigence is), as well as the sheer existential gloom of being back at The Bunker (aka the Medical School Building) after the Xmas break…<\/p>\n

…something made me laugh out loud.<\/p>\n

And then again. And again.<\/p>\n

The thing in question, already plugged a bunch of times in the blogosphere, is the brilliant twitter hashtag #overlyhonestmethods<\/a><\/p>\n

I defy any scientist not to be reduced to tears of laughter by this one, a variant of the long ongoing conference beer-call \/ after a few pints routine where we translate the formal language of the Methods Section of our own and other peoples’ papers into… well, into why we REALLY did it like that… [See e.g. this version<\/a> from the wonderful PhDComics<\/a>]<\/p>\n

A favourite so far:<\/p>\n

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We incubated this for however long lunch was. #overlyhonestmethods<\/a><\/p>\n

— Graham Casserole (@GrahamCasserole) January 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n