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
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2024
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I think you mean Raccacoonie, the raccoon?
Cattenheimer.
Do you think it was a cat in the hat
He does exude an air of competence and arrogance in equal measure. Clearly tenured.
I would too, like to speak to the co-author
Pspspspsps
That's a long lasting tradition to use "we" even in solo authored papers. I believe even Newton did this
That’s a long lasting tradition to use “we” even in solo authored papers. We believe even Newton did this
If our knowledge is based on our forebears, it would always be we.
The 2nd referee will nonetheless tell you to get rid of all of them
The second referee once told us that our paper should not be published at all.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
Did he say YOU shouldn't publish it or it shouldn't be published?
I suspect they were a rival of my co-author, that's why they didn't want it to be published. Or they didn't want me to be published in this journal.
The communication is happening through journal's editors, so they could not explicitly write that they don't want ME to be publish papers.
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.
Reject modernity, embrace tradition 😆
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 Duck~~ Live Cat Debugger."
Sure, it's a cute story, but what about prof's grad students sitting in the background with weepy eyes?
They should know better than to be where the public can see them
Anyone have an recent example of FDC Willard being thanked in a paper? I couldn't find any, sadly
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
how is it that cats make everything better?
By being perfect wonderful creatures. Duh.
It would have been a really hot topic of discussion if his last name had been Schrödinger.
Reminds me of Yuri Knorozov and his cat Asya
This makes me happy
Find and replace "I" with "we"? Nah, we adding the kitty
Find and replace
a feature typewriters used in 1975 were famous for
Didn't catch the year ahaha
and even today
. . . as ~~we~~ I are describing below . . .
. . . as we are descrwebweng below . . .
that's how you end up with dawizards
I was confused at first. Then, I realized that when they replaced ‘mage’ with ‘wizard’, ‘damage’ became ‘dawizard’. It is actually hilarious.
it's a Scunthorpe problem but even nerdier
On my device that’s one of those websites that don’t allow using the Back button.
Neat.
Isn't "I" considered poor form? I was taught to always write in passive but "we" is kind of the accepted exception.