Comrade Ceasefire
Simmer slowly
TIL that authorship order in some philosophical papers is not just about who contributed most, or who is the primary contact for the paper, etc. See the footnote.
The paper itself is a very influential one and made the 2nd author, an Australian surfie mathematician
turned philosopher quite famous. It has had a profound impact on AI research in particular.
Why we have co-evolved with technology
...
Their paper predated the rise of the smartphone, and the thesis was so radical at the time that they had trouble finding a publisher, but it has now come to seem almost like common sense. If your phone batteries run out, you feel like a little bit of your mind is missing.
I'd love to read about the discussions of "belief" when physics, astronomy or genetics papers have > 100 authors.
The paper itself is a very influential one and made the 2nd author, an Australian surfie mathematician
turned philosopher quite famous. It has had a profound impact on AI research in particular.
Why we have co-evolved with technology
...
Their paper predated the rise of the smartphone, and the thesis was so radical at the time that they had trouble finding a publisher, but it has now come to seem almost like common sense. If your phone batteries run out, you feel like a little bit of your mind is missing.
Why we have co-evolved with technology
Our relationship with technology has a far deeper history than it seems, argues the philosopher and author Tom Chatfield in his book Wise Animals.
www.bbc.com
I'd love to read about the discussions of "belief" when physics, astronomy or genetics papers have > 100 authors.