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> What is this, third grade. What are we, in a retirement village? As long as the science is good, I don't care how it was written. Could we at least get the
by aaron695 11y ago
> What is this, third grade.
What are we, in a retirement village?
As long as the science is good, I don't care how it was written. Could we at least get the reporting to be factual before we worry about proper style.
And I thought it was kinda novel unlike the research paper which is a pretty hard read for someone not researching this topic.
- coldtea 11y ago>As long as the science is good, I don't care how it was written. That's a bad attitude to have. Sloppy writing messes the science the same as sloppy measurements. Science is not some inate quality, it stands by how well it's communicated.
- im3w1l 11y agoI can't help it but.. do you have any science to back up that this no-nonsense style is harmful? I much prefer it to the style of long, winding sentences full of jargon and old, uncommon words. My feeling is that the former is more encouraging of critical thinking, since the errors stand out more. The latter style can make you think that maybe it is just me that is too stupid to understand. What the more complicated style has going for it I guess, is that it can exclude the uneducated, and it may also serve as behavioural cue to put you in a scientific state of mind. Clothes are known to do this [0]. Personally, I still prefer the casual style. [0] http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/02/1948550615579462.abstract http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/02/194855061557...