I would too, like to speak to the co-author
Professor meow meow
Submitted 7 months ago by awwwyissss@lemm.ee to science_memes@mander.xyz
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lowleveldata@programming.dev 7 months ago
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Pspspspsps
fristislurper@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Anyone have an recent example of FDC Willard being thanked in a paper? I couldn’t find any, sadly
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
There are some listed on the Wikipedia page, which also contains this gem in the ‘quick facts’ section.
Known for. First cat to co-author a physics paper
Rolando@lemmy.world 7 months ago
But I guess we can have “FDC Willard numbers” in the same way we can have Erdős numbers, right?
riodoro1@lemmy.world 7 months ago
how is it that cats make everything better?
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 7 months ago
By being perfect wonderful creatures. Duh.
humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
That’s a long lasting tradition to use “we” even in solo authored papers. I believe even Newton did this
summerof69@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That’s a long lasting tradition to use “we” even in solo authored papers. We believe even Newton did this
bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
If our knowledge is based on our forebears, it would always be we.
Mo5560@feddit.de 7 months ago
The 2nd referee will nonetheless tell you to get rid of all of them
humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
The second referee once told us that our paper should not be published at all.
Eventually, it made it to the Editor’s choice section of the journal
Shareni@programming.dev 7 months ago
Yup, that was a requirement for most papers at my uni. We also use the plural you to show respect, even when talking to a single person.
humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Reject modernity, embrace tradition 😆
Grass@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
This makes me happy
Rolando@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sure, it’s a cute story, but what about prof’s grad students sitting in the background with weepy eyes?
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 months ago
They should know better than be where the public can see them
scarilog@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Find and replace “I” with “we”? Nah, we adding the kitty
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Find and replace
a feature typewriters used in 1975 were famous for
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I was confused at first. Then, I realized that when they replaced ‘mage’ with ‘wizard’, ‘damage’ became ‘dawizard’. It is actually hilarious.
pancakesyrupyum@kbin.social 7 months ago
On my device that’s one of those websites that don’t allow using the Back button.
Neat.
Mo5560@feddit.de 7 months ago
Isn’t “I” considered poor form? I was taught to always write in passive but “we” is kind of the accepted exception.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 months ago
He does exude an air of competence and arrogance in equal measure. Clearly tenured.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is totally valid. Rubber duck debugging is a thing. Heck, I’ve literally been a “Rubber Duck” for more than one person. I’m sure that Chester heard enough of the theory of the paper to claim the title of “
Rubber DuckLive Cat Debugger.”woodytrombone@lemmy.world 7 months ago
journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/…/PhysRevLett.35.1442
The referenced paper
hswolf@lemmy.world 7 months ago
damn, I thought there would be a pawprint
Dicska@lemmy.world 7 months ago
ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It would have been a really hot topic of discussion if his last name had been Schrödinger.
CyberTailor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Reminds me of Yuri Knorozov and his cat Asya
K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Are you guys serious the cat obviously wrote the paper and just needed the Professor human for credibility. This is just like that movie with the rat in the chef hat , but it’s a cat and a physicist
ryannathans@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Do you think it was a cat in the hat
Shard@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think you mean Raccacoonie, the raccoon?
Rolando@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cattenheimer.