Decision Jam
“Can’t you just move all the little obligations by to at least process them?” “Oh no, I have to process this one first!”
Physics and Astronomy
Physics, Particle Physics, High-Energy Physics, Materials Science, Condensed Matter Physics, Optics, Cosmology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Celestial Mechanics, Computational Physics, Fluid Dynamics, Plasma Physics, Stellar Science
Spotlight
“What’s that small billboard to the side?” “Oh don’t worry about that, I’d put the spotlights on it if it were important.”
Overcommitting
Off-Course
Publishable
“Oh yeah, you can have the supplemental material. It’s in that closet. Just be careful, it’s a little jumbled in there.”
Gauntlet
No matter how high of a probability p that a given coauthor will accept, your overall chances of your coauthors accepting the changes will dwindle with the number of coauthors.
