Dear All,
I just wanted to conclude on the joke question: So far there are no
biomimetics jokes (in a narrow sense) known.
However, I will motivate students and others to come up with the FIRST one.
Kind regards,
Manfred
Am 28.12.18 um 11:49 schrieb Fritz Vollrath:
> ho ho ho
> and a happy new year to all using evolving bio-inspired materials that
> hopefully last longer than a season
> Fritz
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>> On 27 Dec 2018, at 16:28, Julian Vincent <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>> Two problems . . .
>> I make jokes during my lectures but I can never remember them
>> afterwards (typical of improvisation)
>> and . . .
>> It’s always difficult to make jokes about something you take seriously.
>>
>> Moral
>> I should listen to myself and not take it seriously . . .
>>
>> Actually the title of one of my papers is a bit of a joke - or at
>> least a play on words: “Survival of the cheapest”. Not a belly-laugh,
>> though. And a paper on the feeding behaviour of grass carp was sent
>> back with the request that I give it a better title, so I gave it the
>> silliest one I could think of, which (surprisingly) was accepted: “How
>> the grass carp chooses and chews its food - some clues”.
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>
>>> On 27 Dec 2018, at 15:56, Manfred Drack <[log in to unmask]
>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I wonder if there are any biomimetics jokes around? I know none, but
>>> please help me out on that matter if you can.
>>>
>>> This question is not a joke. Many scientific disciplines have their
>>> one jokes. Some jokes even compare various disciplines. The
>>> precondition for good jokes (that are really witty) is, that a level
>>> of reflection is reached that goes beyond conventional science
>>> conversation; considering things from a fresh point of view.
>>>
>>> Jokes are so serious that even Sigmund Freud wrote a book about them.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Manfred
>>>
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