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1. This is more Technical Report worthy than paper worthy... 2. "by Ray Kurzweil's Team", although accurate I find that fetishization of certain stars to prett
by JustFinishedBSG 9y ago
1. This is more Technical Report worthy than paper worthy...
2. "by Ray Kurzweil's Team", although accurate I find that fetishization of certain stars to pretty insulting to the other authors, we already have a convention and it's "Cer et al. (2018)"
- PaulHoule 9y agoAt least Ray has the decency to be listed last on the author list! Personally I think the idea of this paper is pretty good, but the evaluation is weak.
- wolfgke 9y ago> At least Ray has the decency to be listed last on the author list! Just do it like in mathematics: Authors in alphabetical order.
- PaulHoule 9y agoOne senior physicist I worked with advocated alphabetical order whenever he would come first in it!
- lobster_johnson 9y agoPhysics, too, which causes another interesting side effect: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/to-get-ahead-in-physics-you-need-the-right-cern-name-s66569rxj5v https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/to-get-ahead-in-physics-y...
- josephjrobison 9y agoUsually the actual lead author is first, the assistant authors follow, and the advisor is listed last. At least that’s how it is in (psychology and other?) PhD programs. So Ray may only be supervising or contributing a small portion and is likely listed on all papers his team publishes.
- l1n 9y agoSame in Biology
- paradroid 9y agoIn psychology the senior author comes first. Here we have mixed paradigms in authorship. Putting Kurzweil last is definitely intentional.