I would too, like to speak to the co-author
Professor meow meow
Submitted 1 year ago by awwwyissss@lemm.ee to science_memes@mander.xyz
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lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 year ago
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Pspspspsps
fristislurper@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Anyone have an recent example of FDC Willard being thanked in a paper? I couldn’t find any, sadly
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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 1 year ago
But I guess we can have “FDC Willard numbers” in the same way we can have Erdős numbers, right?
riodoro1@lemmy.world 1 year ago
how is it that cats make everything better?
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 year ago
By being perfect wonderful creatures. Duh.
humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
That’s a long lasting tradition to use “we” even in solo authored papers. I believe even Newton did this
summerof69@lemm.ee 1 year 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 1 year ago
If our knowledge is based on our forebears, it would always be we.
Mo5560@feddit.de 1 year ago
The 2nd referee will nonetheless tell you to get rid of all of them
humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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The second referee once told us that our paper should not be published at all.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 11 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 11 months ago
Reject modernity, embrace tradition 😆
Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This makes me happy
Rolando@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, it’s a cute story, but what about prof’s grad students sitting in the background with weepy eyes?
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 year ago
They should know better than be where the public can see them
scarilog@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Find and replace “I” with “we”? Nah, we adding the kitty
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Find and replace
a feature typewriters used in 1975 were famous for
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
fckreddit@lemmy.ml 1 year 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 1 year ago
On my device that’s one of those websites that don’t allow using the Back button.
Neat.
Mo5560@feddit.de 1 year 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 1 year ago
He does exude an air of competence and arrogance in equal measure. Clearly tenured.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/…/PhysRevLett.35.1442
The referenced paper
hswolf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
damn, I thought there would be a pawprint
Dicska@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It would have been a really hot topic of discussion if his last name had been Schrödinger.
CyberTailor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Reminds me of Yuri Knorozov and his cat Asya
K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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 1 year ago
Do you think it was a cat in the hat
Shard@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think you mean Raccacoonie, the raccoon?
Rolando@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cattenheimer.