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Thanks for the TL;DR. I find these magazine-style articles that start with waffle instead of the conclusion very frustrating!

• lutusp 11y ago
  > I find these magazine-style articles that start with waffle instead of the conclusion very frustrating! Imagine there was a rule that popular-press science articles were required to have an abstract that candidly summarized the article: Title: "Is there life elsewhere in the universe?" Abstract: "We have no idea, and this article doesn't change the status quo."