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.

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.”