*scientist* with this hm ... fusion reactor powered quantum computer ... khm khm ... we've solved humanity's most pressing problem! perpetuum grantolum! permanent grant money!
*scientific collegiate* perpetuum grantolum! impossible! it contradicts the fundamental laws of nomismodynamics! swindlers! liars!
*president of scientific collegiate* silence in the auditorium! let him speak!
*scientist* yes khm my fusion reactor powered quantum computer exploits the so called memory hole decay effect discovered by professor K. represented here by a constant of µ=5yr. we establish a khm khm so called hmm hmm memory hole recurrence attractor mapped to a vector space by an algebraic group ...
*scientific administrator* enough with technobabble, professor, what does it mean?
*scientist* well it's quite simple really! khm! hmm! as long as the pace of our research is slower than the public's collective memory, we can continuously promise breakthrough results ... without ever delivering anything!
*members of scientific collegiate go wild, rip off their clothes, some jump out of the window, scientific administrator laughs maniacally*