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    Perception of Science: in popular culture vs. actual science

    Sciencerage
    (source: Electron Café. original post: Scientific Process Rage)

    Tags » SciComm Science Communication
    • 5 May 2011
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    11 months ago Com Mentor responded:
    LOL science
    11 months ago Nickn responded:
    love it!
    11 months ago TheDrunkardsTalk responded:
    This is awesome. The "deleted calibration" thing doesn't really fit at all, having evolved from things not going quite as expected, then ending up with doing more reading. Usually if things aren't calibrated they don't output much of anything useful. Also, I think you'd end up back in the science phase redoing the calibration as a consequence. Also forgot the offshoot of discovering something completely unanticipated like penicillin or teflon, and the fact that successful scientist usually can publish 100s of papers. I still think scientist believe in the mainstream notion of science despite the reality.
    11 months ago lab worker responded:
    this is exactly how it happens
    11 months ago Guy responded:
    People too often think things happen so easily. Like last night I was watching that show where the guys buy an abandoned storage unit and then see if there is anything in there to sell. Many people might see that show and think, COOL!! Free money. But how often do you think they buy a unit and there is nothing but crap in there. Same thing with Science experiments. It's never than easy.
    11 months ago Bob Gotwals responded:
    I teach high school kids, would LOVE to see a version of this that is "school acceptable" (i.e. all of the "f word" references are removed. Public school, ya know?
    11 months ago almekhlafi abdulsalam responded:
    almekhlafi abdulsalam
    This is awesome.
    11 months ago Beryl responded:
    I totally agree. Research is the best environment to develop manic-depressive disorder... it turns your personality into something weared that makes you want to keep on doing research on psychiatric disorders...
    11 months ago John responded:
    Till now, one thing stills sure .. THINKING
    11 months ago Ana Maria Tavares (Facebook) responded:
    Interesting!
    11 months ago Wing Ying Chow liked this post.
    11 months ago Jeffrey Gershom (Facebook) responded:
    This workflow is also followed by the Federal Government. :P All humor aside...unfortunately it's true.
    11 months ago Anubis responded:
    Falta el componente trepa-parásito que alterna el subirse a tu chepa o pone palos en tus ruedas dependiendo del viento que sople.

    I miss parasites which alternate getting on top of your shoulders or throwing a spanner in your works depending on the wind that blows.

    11 months ago Tarryn B responded:
    Tarryn B
    Love this!
    11 months ago Tarryn B liked this post.
    11 months ago José Eduardo Porcher (Facebook) responded:
    This is hilarious! Someone should attempt a philosophy version of this, it would be brilliant.
    11 months ago Grendels (Twitter) responded:
    Mgpi_normal
    I want this on a teeshirt!
    11 months ago Barry Balas responded:
    I think the "Science in Reality" is very true. People don't realize how many blind alleys and dead ends scientists run into after huge amounts of work. Discoveries often don't come easily.
    10 months ago LabRat93 responded:
    I especially love tje " Hmmm that's funny" stage
    10 months ago green responded:
    :)
    10 months ago Wood Gas responded:
    You skipped sucking up for funding, pleading for funding and selling your soul for funding.
    10 months ago mike fabio liked this post.
    10 months ago Ernestito responded:
    Very familiar... but I think the publishing process should be developed in a complete additional cartoon.
    10 months ago Dave Silvan (Facebook) responded:
    This is awesome.

    Shut the f*ck up, Drunkard, Melvin deleting the calibration is SOFA KING TRUE! I hate working in groups, everyone is retarded but me!

    10 months ago Chrissy Phoong liked this post.
    10 months ago TheDrunkardsTalk responded:
    I didn't really say the calibration part wasn't true at all. How Melvin deleting a calibration curve results in reading more science remains a mystery. Otherwise I agree with the thoughts of Dave Silvan.
    10 months ago Thilina Heenatigala responded:
    Thilina Heenatigala
    Greetings SciComm, SciGeeks, etc...
    You might like this post - "How People in Science See Each Other" http://thilinah.posterous.com/how-people-in-science-see-each-other
    9 months ago julia responded:
    This is Fxxx hilarious, I want that on a T shirt too!!!!!!!!!!! oh well that's so true. Totally agree with the funding comment...
    9 months ago mariel responded:
    hmmmm.....?????
    8 months ago Alison responded:
    It's pretty good (love the Amazing Results face ;}) but the last bit, the "go back to start" after "sweet! can publish" doesn't quite work for me. It makes it seem as though even publishable results send you back to the drawing board. In fact, what the cartoonist means is "publish, then painfully give birth to a new piece of work".
    8 months ago Alison responded:
    Can someone get rid of the two duplicate copies of my post, please?
    8 months ago Thilina Heenatigala responded:
    Thilina Heenatigala
    Done. Thanks for the comments Alison and everyone! Please feel free to go through the Tumblr. You might find more interesting things. Cheers!
    6 months ago Alexandre Proulx responded:
    Nice, but they forgot a step at the end, after "maybe I can publish this" being : My conclusion is "my original hypothesis is wrong, but I don't have the real solution, thats the only thing my article is saying" or "I have a publishable result but will never be useful for mankin, and I just wasted 1/4 of my life on something completly useless"
    6 months ago lester sigauke responded:
    I thought I was the only one who thought Science was not as easy.. for more reasons than one..
    5 months ago Uzair Shah responded:
    Nice sketch, I was of the view that its happening only with me but its general. No worries dud...
    5 months ago Jon Snow liked this post.

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