Michael Rosenberg
@mrosenberg.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist, Data Scientist, Amateur Fiddler Crab Wrangler
I don't so much focus on specific topics as meander randomly through the topical landscape, like a broken adaptive model that doesn't realize downhill isn't supposed to be an option.
I don't so much focus on specific topics as meander randomly through the topical landscape, like a broken adaptive model that doesn't realize downhill isn't supposed to be an option.
I am aware of at least 37 different published metrics of this type that try to account for co-authorship in publications and this plug-in represents none of them, so I guess that makes at least 38.
The bigger question: why is Nature wasting space even talking about a random useless tool?
The bigger question: why is Nature wasting space even talking about a random useless tool?
October 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I am aware of at least 37 different published metrics of this type that try to account for co-authorship in publications and this plug-in represents none of them, so I guess that makes at least 38.
The bigger question: why is Nature wasting space even talking about a random useless tool?
The bigger question: why is Nature wasting space even talking about a random useless tool?
It's not just bad, it's completely arbitrary. Dozens of papers have been written trying to solve this "problem" (assuming you think it is one in the first place) and this plugin just makes up yet another approach. There can never be an automated solution because there is no standard for author order
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It's not just bad, it's completely arbitrary. Dozens of papers have been written trying to solve this "problem" (assuming you think it is one in the first place) and this plugin just makes up yet another approach. There can never be an automated solution because there is no standard for author order
I honestly didn't realize MTV channels still existed.
It's kind of like when you hear about a celebrity death and your first reaction is "Wait...they were still alive?"
It's kind of like when you hear about a celebrity death and your first reaction is "Wait...they were still alive?"
October 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I honestly didn't realize MTV channels still existed.
It's kind of like when you hear about a celebrity death and your first reaction is "Wait...they were still alive?"
It's kind of like when you hear about a celebrity death and your first reaction is "Wait...they were still alive?"
Note that v could be an imaginary number in the imaginary case one actually find the material interesting, in which case time would shrink and the lecture would appear to end faster than it actually does.
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Note that v could be an imaginary number in the imaginary case one actually find the material interesting, in which case time would shrink and the lecture would appear to end faster than it actually does.
Based on this we can determine that the large 1 hour and 20 minute lecture with v = 0.9c, appears to last 3 hours and 4 minutes, the 50 minute seminar with v = 0.75c appears to last 1 hour and 16 minutes, and the 15 minute conference presentation with v = 0.8c appears to last 25 minutes.
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Based on this we can determine that the large 1 hour and 20 minute lecture with v = 0.9c, appears to last 3 hours and 4 minutes, the 50 minute seminar with v = 0.75c appears to last 1 hour and 16 minutes, and the 15 minute conference presentation with v = 0.8c appears to last 25 minutes.
Since the actual time (dT') is measured by the lecturer, the apparent length of time according to your mental reference frame (dT) dilates and becomes longer than the actual time. According to the relativity formula, dT = dT' / sqrt(1 - v^2/c^2).
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Since the actual time (dT') is measured by the lecturer, the apparent length of time according to your mental reference frame (dT) dilates and becomes longer than the actual time. According to the relativity formula, dT = dT' / sqrt(1 - v^2/c^2).
Because your knowledge is remaining relatively stationary while the lecture is shooting ahead astronomically, you view the lecture from a different frame of references than it actually occupies.
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Because your knowledge is remaining relatively stationary while the lecture is shooting ahead astronomically, you view the lecture from a different frame of references than it actually occupies.
Large values of v indicate material presented very quickly or which is very boring. Careful empirical analysis has indicated that for large lectures, v is approximately 0.9c (where c is the speed of light). For departmental seminars is is ~0.75c and for conference presentations ~0.8c.
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Large values of v indicate material presented very quickly or which is very boring. Careful empirical analysis has indicated that for large lectures, v is approximately 0.9c (where c is the speed of light). For departmental seminars is is ~0.75c and for conference presentations ~0.8c.
The length of a lecture according to your mind is dependent on the confusion-boringness factor, v. This represents the relative speed at which your brain can absorb the material versus the speed at which is presented, corrected by the level of boredom generated by the lecture style and material.
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The length of a lecture according to your mind is dependent on the confusion-boringness factor, v. This represents the relative speed at which your brain can absorb the material versus the speed at which is presented, corrected by the level of boredom generated by the lecture style and material.
I spot checked a number of additional academic books, including some I wrote chapters for, and found them included as well. I am not personally eligible for a claim on those works, but the editors and publishers are.
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I spot checked a number of additional academic books, including some I wrote chapters for, and found them included as well. I am not personally eligible for a claim on those works, but the editors and publishers are.