Raise your Erdös number

[Matabiri]

Lower your Erdös number

Bill Tozier is auctioning off co-authorship of a paper, guaranteeing to decrease your Erdös number:

E-bay auction

Serious offer. Currently $31.

(Picked up from Crooked Timber)

 

[Matabiri]

Hah. The thread title should, of course, be "Lower your Erdös number". Darn.

 

[Vitnir]

It does sound like a joke and I guess it is in a way. There is one quote I like...

However, the seller retains the right to refuse (and publicly ridicule) proposals for research in non-scientific fields, such as "Intelligent Design". Such kooks need not apply.

 

[phildonnia]

I will remain among the great unwashed with an erdos number (and a bacon number) of infinity.