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I think it's because the font is correlated with higher-than-average quality for random docs one finds on the web.
by conjectures 6y ago
I think it's because the font is correlated with higher-than-average quality for random docs one finds on the web.
- supernova87a 6y agoVery true -- interesting when the barrier to using the tool signifies a certain level of professionalism and investment in wanting the paper to look and read right. However, there is a part of the curve where random failed grad student and retired professors become conspiracy cranks and email you half-baked theories about the shape of the universe, typeset in Latex -- and those get through the filter unfortunately.
- quickthrower2 6y agoMany cryptocurrency “whitepapers” take advantage of the trust for this format
- sneak 6y agoThis psychological baggage was precisely why I chose it for body copy on my blog. It’s a sort of an intellectual dogwhistle.