If MC Hammer Was a Scientist...

He might present this at the next meeting:

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And have you heard about B.E. Smalls? I hear he's made a breakthrough:

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And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the eminent Dr. Dre's work (coauthor, Eminem):

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If you aren't familiar with the Unified Theory of Everything (no, not *that* one), you might do well to learn now.

Check out more abuses of Excel, here. Hap tip to the evil kitten.

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This is great. I will use as a hook to get my students thinking about graphically displaying data--and the fact that pretty graphs can make even the most innane results appear intriguing. The only thing I could possibly add would be a Venn diagram showing Kanye West's relationship between "right" and "wronger"

"Were" a scientist.

--- Nat'l Association for the Reintroduction of the Subjunctive Mood.

The rest of it's hysterical, though.

By Charlie (Colorado) (not verified) on 16 Nov 2007 #permalink

This is amusing.

(Although, if this sampling is any indicator, hip hop lyrics are even more dimensionally impaired than I would have believed possible. x.x)

When last I checked Excel was entirely unable to produce a scatter plot, perhaps the single most powerful computational tool in science. The omission (also observed in U.S. newspapers) must be deliberate. But why?

By Nathan Myers (not verified) on 19 Nov 2007 #permalink