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Someone changed the Wikipedia article today to call Hopfield a "physicist". Previously the article called him simply a scientist, because his main work wasn't l
by cubefox 2y ago
Someone changed the Wikipedia article today to call Hopfield a "physicist". Previously the article called him simply a scientist, because his main work wasn't limited to physics. I changed it back now, let's see if it holds up.
- xanderlewis 2y agoIt’s ‘physicist’ again now.
- cubefox 2y agoUser "ReyHahn" has changed it back to physicist. Justification: "he defines himself as physicist but he has worked i mnay fields" https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Hopfield&diff=prev&oldid=1250134400 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Hopfield&dif...
- xanderlewis 2y agoTo use the local lingo… [citation needed] I suppose some might argue that being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics is enough to call yourself a physicist. …it does have the unfortunate implication, however, that nominations need not be restricted to physicists at all since any winner becomes a physicist upon receipt of the prize. It’s sort of like the No True Scotsman but inverted, and with physicists instead of Scotsmen.