Can't resist to share this one about the importance of drinking beer for scientific productivity. A paper from the Czech Republic, of course!
"A recent paper suggested that alcohol consumption might deal a blow to a very sacred cow – scientifi productivity (Grim 2008). Great numbers of comments followed. As noted by Sheil et al. (2008), the ‘‘Grim’s study cleverly highlights a more *general lesson*. His analyses and presentation follow accepted practices in evolutionary ecology. These are too seldom challenged. It appears we only notice failings when we are motivated by fiding ourselves in the study population.’’ http://www.web-ecol.net/9/24/2009/we-9-24-2009.html http://www.web-ecol.net/9/24/2009/we-9-24-2009.pdf On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Gary Grossman <gross...@uga.edu> wrote: > I'm looking for funny articles published and a few come to mind that I > can't remember citations for so I thought I'd ask here. I don't really > want to page through J. Irreproducable Results or Worm Runner's Digest but > there are a few I'm hoping someone can help me with (vice vis pdfs) > > In either the late 70's or 80's there was a note in Nature that comprised > the poem and reviewers comments on Shelley's *"Ozymandias*" > > Then at about the same time someone published a paper in Limn. & Ocean. > estimating the biomass of the Loch Ness monster. > > And also at some point someone published a satirical paper on "if no one > heard it, did the tree in the forest really fall?" > > Of course any other humorous gems would be appreciated. > Please remember the list doesn't allow attachments, so please respond to my > university email. > > TIA, g2 > > > > > -- > Gary D. Grossman, PhD > > Professor of Animal Ecology > Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources > University of Georgia > Athens, GA, USA 30602 > > http://grossman.myweb.uga.edu/ <http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egrossman> > > Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation > Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology > Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish > -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Montesinos Researcher (IF) Centre for Functional Ecology DCV - FCTUC - Universidade de Coimbra Calçada Martim de Freitas 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal T: (+351) 239 855 223 (ext. 156) http://cfe.uc.pt/daniel-montesinos Editor-in-Chief Web Ecology www.web-ecology.net -----------------------------------------------------------
