A brief guide to scientific literature

It has been long known- I haven’t bothered to check the references

It is known - I believe

It is believed - I think

It is generally believed - My collegues and I think

There has been some discussion- Nobody agrees with me

It can be shown - Take my word for it

It is proven- It agrees with something mathematical

Of great theoretical importance- I find it interesting

Of great practical importance- This justifies my employment

Of great historical importance - This ought to make me famous

Some samples were chosen for study- The others didn’t make sense

Typical results are shown - The best results are shown

Correst within order of magnitude- Wrong

The values were obtained empirically- The values were obtained by accident

The results are inconclusive- The results seem to disprove my hypothesis

Additional work is required- Someone else can work out the details

It might be argued that - I have a good answer to this objection

The investigations proved rewarding- My grant has been renewed

Synthesis according to stantard protocols- Purchased from Acros.