The "we're using AI to automate everything a scientist does" paper WAS IN REVIEW AT NATURE FOR A ENTIRE YEAR. That is some God-tier verisimilitude, replicating all the catastrophically stupid decisions meat scientists make.
A prestigious journal recently published a paper with a foundational mathematical error. This incident exposes a structural crisis in scientific publishing: flashy claims now frequently override rigorous scrutiny. https://t.co/P1ZwqkAbiF @skdh
@skdh Funny: Acknowledgements: This paper benefited from discussions with Alain Aspect, Michel Devoret, Steven Girvin, Serge Haroche, Christian Pehle, Carlo Rovelli, Stephan Schiller, and Pierre Rouchon. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for important suggestions.
People outside of academia sometimes find the concept of a department chair confusing. They are not your boss, manager, or CEO. They are more like an elected representative who negotiates with terrorists on your behalf.
What string theory has shown me was that it's possible to have an extremely high IQ AND be a complete idiot.
That inisght has served me really well in my tech career.