Framing

If only I could make a “bubble of sound” around me…

Toy Model Regression

“Next: I can write a series of papers doing progressively more complicated perturbations and expansions.”

Numerical Instability

That platform is only balancing because I’ve had to tune the mass of that left sphere perfectly. It practically took a neural network to figure out the right mass.

Inspection

“Do you think you should maybe polish up this draft a bit for clarity?”

“What? This isn’t a draft! I spent a whole thirty minutes working on it. Everyone I want to understand this will be able to, and the others will just have to figure it out.”

Linear Theory

“So the size of the dots indicate your error bars?”

“Oh no, I only add those in when I’m really desperate.”

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.