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mattkrauseyesterday at 9:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

The automated ones don't care, but it absolutely matters for the informal credit assignment process that actually runs academia.

I really wish we had a better way to "name" papers. Big clinical trials often have an acronym (often hilariously forced: "CXCessoR4"). That takes the emphasis off (one) lead author but it's implausibly hard to make up one for every research paper.


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halJordantoday at 2:16 PM

So we're talking about this woman's contribution. And you're talking about how the system is depriving her of recognition.

Do you see the inherent tension in what you're claiming vs the lived experience of everyone in this post (including you!)?

bjourneyesterday at 11:25 PM

What "informal credit assignment"? It's automated and it runs entirely on quantitative data.

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