Researcher mocks academia's paper-count bragging with 'k NeurIPS papers' joke
Michael_D_Moor · x · 2026-09-25
ML researcher Michael Moor posted a satirical joke: his lab has k NeurIPS 2026 publications, deliberately leaving k undefined — "since k is a large number, this means our science is great, many even say the best science." It's a self-aware jab at academia's habit of flexing publication counts, with replies playing along: "whoever wins k NeurIPS papers, wins."
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