1819
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Stephen King claims he writes 2000 words a day.

R. L. Stein supposedly wrote a new (admittedly short) novel every two weeks.

This Spanish romance novelist apparently wrote over 4000 novels in her lifetime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor%C3%ADn_Tellado

So sure, why not 80 technical papers in 2.5 years?

[-] oessessnex@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

It's easier to write that much if you are just making stuff up...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Successful writers generally don't just make stuff up. They do plenty of research.

[-] rainerloeten@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

You can't just compare creative writing to writing a paper.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -4 points 6 months ago

True, but you can compare writing 4000 novels a year with being able to write 80 papers a few pages long in 2.5 and say that both are possible.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

He didn't write all those papers. He put his name on them. He also finds it worth his time to publicly argue with a pig in shit, so there's that.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The writing of the paper is generally a trivial part of the work. Each technical paper is supposed to be a succinct summary of months or years of technical work.

this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
1819 points (99.0% liked)

Science Memes

11255 readers
2960 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS