tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369432396898204613.post4337571236301423059..comments2023-01-15T10:39:00.543+01:00Comments on Lighthouse in the Sky: Best final sentence of an abstract everUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369432396898204613.post-5367063045184655492009-05-18T20:27:00.000+02:002009-05-18T20:27:00.000+02:00They seem to be quite serious: they talk about "pe...They seem to be quite serious: they talk about "perceptual surrogates for the affine distance", that is, ways to see how far away things are. Maybe "serious" is too strong a word - I for one would have been cackling with glee to be able to slip a phrase like "tree-leaping apes" into the theoretical physics literature - but they do make it an important part of their paper.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764119699293212898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369432396898204613.post-24081735253250466582009-05-17T10:11:00.000+02:002009-05-17T10:11:00.000+02:00I'm wondering whether they meant it or instead the...I'm wondering whether they meant it or instead they were testing the journal editors to make sure someone reads the whole thing properly. :-)Michael Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099052605933279355noreply@blogger.com