Ising

Most condensed matter research nowadays is just a list of footnotes to the Ising model.

Narrow Band

If you work diligently, you might get to double the width of your knowledge.

Spherical Cow

Honestly, was it that much of an approximation to take the complicated world economy and transform it into a series of springs?

Up To Date

“Oh look, I think I see the new shipment on the horizon! You better get started on this pile.”

Perspective

Let’s not forget that the divisions in science are mainly a human construct.

Risk Management

That was easy.

Quick Email

The time professors spend reading your email is inversely proportional to the time you spend writing it.

(It seems like I was subconsciously inspired by this comic from Jorge Cham, so I wanted to link to his work. He was inspired by someone else for that comic too, so I guess there’s a multi-comic thread going through this idea now!)

Class Speedup

“Oh crap, there are only five minutes left in class!”

(Pause)

“I bet we can make substantial headway on this new topic.”

Just the Result

“Teaching is so much easier once you offload the difficult parts into homework assignments.”

Enthusiastic PR

Just because scientists did it, doesn’t mean we should take it on faith.

(Unfortunately, this is the problem of expertise. If you aren’t an expert, you need to put trust in someone else, and that can backfire at times.)