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He Who Dies with the Most Citations Wins
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Go home, Eugene. You're drunk again!
He who dines with the most libations wins.
Don't suppose you mean traffic citations?
He who drives with the most citations wins.
Then I guess I'm winning
All mooted; they go to the grave with you.
New tombstone protocol.
Yes ... but what exactly do they win?
The OP's thesis couldn't be more wrongheaded. The mark of success is gravitas, not popularity. Even some of the most prolific scholars have written one seminal piece so profound and influential, it renders the totality of their other work a superfluous trifle.
Ruh ruh. I exceeded the decent maximum of links (one), so now my comment is in hyperlink jail. Eugene, please let it out. Thanks.
This episode has me so vermisht I misspelled "roh."
Theorem: Reason comments may contain n links where n > 1.
I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition that this margin is too narrow to contain.
I guess the guy most of us cuss gets the most citations.
"He Who Dies with the Most Citations Wins"
Does the trophy go to Mr. Miranda, or Mr. Marbury? Marbury got a 150 year head start. Presumably, Mr. Scot is a dark horse candidate for "most citations" because his case is no longer cited as good law, but is often cited in a different context, that of colossal mistakes, and is likely to continue to be so cited.
Mr. Celotex Corp.
And the winner is: Michel Foucault, with 782,097 citations.
In other news, apparently you're supposed to cite ALL the authors on the work being cited.
The work being cited has 5154 different authors, over 24 pages.
https://www.nature.com/news/physics-paper-sets-record-with-more-than-5-000-authors-1.17567
Looks like you exceeded your page limits with one citation.
Does it count double when Josh Blackman cites Josh Blackman?
I thought the person with the largest porn collection wins.