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[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anyone have an recent example of FDC Willard being thanked in a paper? I couldn't find any, sadly

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

There are some listed on the Wikipedia page, which also contains this gem in the 'quick facts' section.

Known for. First cat to co-author a physics paper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard

[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Find and replace "I" with "we"? Nah, we adding the kitty

[–] Mo5560@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Isn't "I" considered poor form? I was taught to always write in passive but "we" is kind of the accepted exception.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's a long lasting tradition to use "we" even in solo authored papers. I believe even Newton did this

[–] Mo5560@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

The 2nd referee will nonetheless tell you to get rid of all of them