Critically important academic paper

[doc_strange]

If you're in academia, read academic papers, go to conferences, or just like conference papers, you should have a look at this presentation from the AAAS:

PPT available from http://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.ppt


Thanks to a certain list I am on for sharing this exciting development in academics.

Comments

[feonixrift.livejournal.com]

That, takes talent.

Now if only it didn't leave me wondering whether that's what presentations sound like to people outside the field...

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

Chicken, chickens chicken?

[xthread.livejournal.com]

And they say that powerpoint can't convey meaningful information...

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

Chicken chicken. Chick chickens chick chick chickens.

[xthread.livejournal.com]

Chicken chicken, chicken chicken chicken?
Chicken Chicken!
Chicken, chicken chicken chicken, chicken chicken.

[cheesetruck.livejournal.com]

The end part is the best.
Mind you, it requires the earlier part in order to BE the best.
But that's the way this sort of presentation works.

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

The ever-ready reserve slide with "I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING BIG MATH, I WAS READY FOR JUST YOUR QUESTION" definitely wins.

[ivy]

That was the capper, but the red-bordered pop-up somewhere around slide 6 was fantastic too.

[japlady.livejournal.com]

Agreed

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

The more times I read the word chicken, the more it looks like it's spelled wrong.

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

YES! It had exactly that effect on me. It's a subliminal campaign to change the spelling of "chicken," I bet!

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

I'm awaiting the learned rebuttal from one J. Malkovich.