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Comment by virgil_disgr4ce | Hacker News Reader

I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything but you'd think that if a high schooler could write an entire paper like this about quantum computing of all things they'd be able to spell a few more things correctly, get basic punctuation right, grammar, etc.?

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>Quantum computing is a chance a solving problems that are considered unsolvable classical computers. Quantum computing is a relatively new and complicated field in this paper I provide a brief overview of quantum computing systems.

I agree, the abstract doesn't even make sense and has run-ons.

It looks like they didn't even bother to run it through spell check. I must admit their formatting is very nice. It looks like they might have used LaTex.

Maybe you would, but I wouldn't. First, those are unrelated skill sets. Second, lots of people excel in one area and suck in another. That's completely normal.

Phrased another way this is a great example of why the breakdown of a cumulative score (verbal vs quant, etc) is important on standardized tests.

It was a jarring read seeing those basic mistakes. Even just a once-over before publishing to web would have likely caught those typos and increased the credibility of the paper. Perhaps the author was tight for timeline or couldn't source a peer reviewer.

It was due on the day I finished it. Sorry for the grammar mistakes.

Since they don't proofread words effectively and missed simple mistakes like 'silt' for 'slit', it makes me doubt that the formulas have been proofread thoroughly, either.

Those things become far less important as your thinking becomes more attractive for others to read. Also plenty of people don't do their own editing.

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