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It's Robert Langlands[1], for anybody who doesn't want to give in to the clickbait title 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Langlands https://en.wikipedia

• coldtea 8y ago
  We should stop abusing the term clickbait for everything and anything. Journalists (and editors) used juicy titles since centuries, as part of the art of writing a piece, even when the piece was buried well inside a newspaper or magazine that you would have already bought to see it anyway... "This is an article about Robert_Langlands the mathematician" doesn't strike as nice as a title. This is a typical journalistic title, and not at all the same as the modern notion of clickbait (not to mention the article is a legit article, and not some clickbait listicle or similar BS).
  • garblegarble 8y ago
    >This is a typical journalistic title, and not at all the same as the modern notion of clickbait I can see where you're coming from (since the article does contain interesting details and isn't just restating the headline), but I think this title sits closer to modern clickbait, in the spectrum that runs from dry description to full-on clickbait. I will admit, that this style of title has always infuriated me in particular: it feels like the editor is infantilising their audience by imagining the public only know the things that journalists decide to write. Also I'd personally expect a journalistic title to at least mention the subject. Even something as simple as "Robert Langlands: the mathematician you've never heard of" would be a big improvement