The challenge of Kai-Fu Lee to face fake celebrities

Absrtact: These two days, Innovation workshop CEO Lee Kai-Fu and popular science writer Fang Fan are all on Weibo on the microblog of the U.S. university degree and professional knowledge. Last week, the popular science writer, the champion of the fight against counterfeiting, cast doubt on Lee, pointing out that at the age of 26

These two days, Innovation workshop CEO Lee Kai-Fu and the popular science writer Ark fans are on the microblog "was" a bad supplement on the U.S. university degree and professional knowledge.

Last week, the popular science writer, the champion of the fight against fraud, Fang Kai-Fu Lee, pointed out that the 26-Year-old was not "Professor" but "assistant professor." And Kai-Fu Lee also explained his "teaching" problem, facing fierce accusations, Kai-fu Lee must be to his fans have confessed, now, Kai-Fu Lee on Weibo has more than 9 million fans, Fang's fan number is more than 1.3 million.

Last week, Fang in Micro Bo Artillery, he put forward, Kai-Fu Lee's autobiography "The World because you are different" has been expressed, "26-year-old me, under the gracious invitation of the teacher choose to stay in the school to teach, become Mellon University, the youngest associate professor."

But Ark found, Kai-fu Lee that period of time paper author's resume said he is "a research Computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon" (study scientist commonly used to refer to the postdoctoral), therefore, Fang believes that Kai-Fu Lee did not get an associate professor, and the book does not match.

Kai-Fu Lee soon to explain the matter, said he skipped after graduation postdoctoral, an exception to the helicopter teaching, the school official website also recognized this experience, its Bo guide also sent a letter to verify that the relevant title is indeed exceptional.

Lee also admits that he was 26 years old when he was Assistant professor (assistant professor), when the headmaster told him "is the youngest", and the American University of "assistant professor" does not really equate to the Chinese "ta", regardless of the translation into what Chinese vocabulary, It is really better to add English annotations. Meanwhile, Fan Hai Tao, an autobiography of Kai-Fu Lee, has written to explain this career experience.

In this debate, Kai-Fu Lee is the most helpless, in 2009, that is, two years ago, the author of this autobiography has been a special interpretation of this translation question, at that time has said: "Many people assistant professor literal translation into" assistant professor ", but this is easy and" ta " The concept of confusion. "I finally found the standard answer in the English tutor newspaper: matching the Chinese title system, assistant professor and associate Professor are all associate professors."

But at this point, Kai-fu Lee face fraud celebrity doubts, can only two years ago explained again.

From the current netizen comments look, "square powder" and "Li powder" attitude is clear, completely opposite, there is said Kai-Fu Lee is not rigorous, but also said that Ark son nit-picking, but anyway, the controversy involving celebrities, from the current point of view, its biggest significance is to our "Popular Science" the American University's title system.