Saturday, October 10, 2009

Science and apparel

Miniskirts in Aix-en-Provence 2008

A good paper should be like a miniskirt:
long enough to cover what is needed,
short enough to keep the attention [of the reader]

Alberto Del Guerra (Editor-in-chief of Physica Medica, adapting Mary Quants definition of the miniskirt, 2003)

3 comments:

  1. But,shouldn't it expose the naked truth?

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  2. There is no such thing as the naked truth ...

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  3. it seems that the golden rule applies everywhere...from the scientific papers to the miniskirts!
    As for the truth, the truth is what it is ... no needed adjectives or predefined conditions ...
    Olga

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