• @Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Call me a downer if you want, but I think scientific papers should be above using clickbait titles. Scientific papers should be dry, boring and technical so that there’s no doubt that a paper is popular because of its content and not the personality of its writer.

    • @Aqarius@lemmy.world
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      22 months ago

      I agree.

      Except for the “this paper will be sad if you don’t read it” one, that one’s on point.

      • @Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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        12 months ago

        I mean, we’re not talking about mutually exclusive properties.

        Whether a paper is more or less dry and whether it’s more or less accessible to newcomers is separate from the quality of the contribution.

        You can have both.