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Misha comments on Tweetable Rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Alexandros 12 March 2011 08:00PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 17 March 2011 02:27:07AM 0 points [-]

Limericks stick in your head if you actually follow the structure. Do you really see no problem with the syllable stress "How you JUStify IT" or "If it DISagrees WITH data TAken"?

Writing a good limerick is hard. Here's my best attempt, in which I think the rhythm works, but the second rhyme relies on having the correct regional accent:

When you're making a shiny new theory
But find testing hypotheses dreary,
The most clever schemata
Can't replace actual data:
Mother Nature might be somewhat leery.