{"id":186,"date":"2011-12-01T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T10:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rulesofreason.wordpress.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2011-12-01T10:25:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T10:25:40","slug":"the-best-abstract-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"The best abstract ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best abstract of an academic <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/ftp\/arxiv\/papers\/1110\/1110.2832.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">paper<\/a> ever? Probably yes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bestabstract.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"187\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?attachment_id=187\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bestabstract.jpg?fit=640%2C399\" data-orig-size=\"640,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bestabstract\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bestabstract.jpg?fit=300%2C187\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bestabstract.jpg?fit=640%2C399\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187\" title=\"bestabstract\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bestabstract.jpg?resize=584%2C364\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bestabstract.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bestabstract.jpg?resize=300%2C187 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boing Boing<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0Now that the\u00a0problem\u00a0of writing the perfect abstract is solved, you might wanna check\u00a0how to <a href=\"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/2011\/10\/19\/how-to-get-more-citations-red-hot-new-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\">write the perfect title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best abstract of an academic paper ever? Probably yes. [via Boing Boing] P.S.\u00a0Now that the\u00a0problem\u00a0of writing the perfect abstract is solved, you might wanna check\u00a0how to write the perfect title. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,78],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7g3hj-30","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":257,"url":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=257","url_meta":{"origin":186,"position":0},"title":"Climate science wars: The Lysenko move","date":"January 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has published a letter entitled 'No need to panic about global warming' which opines that \"There is no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to \"decarbonize\" the world's economy\" and \"Alarmism also offers an excuse for governments to raise taxes, taxpayer-funded subsidies for businesses that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Environmental policy&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":467,"url":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=467","url_meta":{"origin":186,"position":1},"title":"Co-decision and decision-making speed in the EU","date":"May 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Our paper (with Anne Rasmussen) on the influence of early agreements (trilogues) on the speed of decision making in the EU has just been published by the European Integration Online Papers (EIoP). 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