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I suffer from migraines and that article could have been interesting, but I cannot stand those ten page long storytelling articles anymore

billfruit 5y ago
Yes, this is so tedious a practice, where everything needs to spun out into 10/20 pages of storytelling, and cliffhangers etc. Low information density articles are such a drain on all of us.
- munificent 5y ago
  Some readers consider the human interest part "information" too.
codeulike 5y ago
There's actually very little in the article about the 'pioneering work' and how it happened, what the breakthroughs were etc Edit: although to be fair, the gist of it is that migraine has only recently started to be taken seriously due to a kind of medical sexism, so it's not so much a scientific breakthrough as a social one
- starkd 5y ago
  I can recall reading articles making that claim going back at least thirty years now, claiming they need to take a fresh look because it has not been taken seriously. It's just a pitch for more research dollars. There's likely no one cause for the illness. Migraines can due to wide number of things.
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rocketbop 5y ago
I found the same when I came across the article a couple of days ago. There was no real revelations, but the doctor in question has worked on some new medications which work better than previous medications and are now coming on stream.
neals 5y ago
Yes I agree, these articles give me a headache.
nelox 5y ago
If you would rather listen, Peter Goadsby was featured in this BBC Discovery podcast about his pioneering research on migraine: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1m7t https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1m7t
- noneeeed 5y ago
  That was a great episode of Jim Al-Khalili's "The Life Scientific" which is worth listening to. It's an excellent series for anyone interested in science and engineering, he does a great job of showing just how varied science is, and also how varied the routes into science can be. Many of his interviewees end up in their specialisms thoough often very circuitous routes.
civilized 5y ago
I give them about 2-3 paragraphs and if they haven't said anything yet, I assume they never will and close the window.
- specialist 5y ago
  Totally. Hidden topic sentences. Now I just skip preambles. The Wadsworth Constant for text.
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  Same, I opened this one up a few days ago when someone linked to it, saw what style it was, tried to scan it to get to the juicy bits, then just closed it and asked for a tl;dr. I don't have the attention span for long form stories like this while I'm on my PC. Maybe when I'm on vacation and have a stack of reading material ready, idk.
acjohnson55 5y ago
I was also taken aback by that. I think the headline set expectations poorly.

billfruit 5y ago

Yes, this is so tedious a practice, where everything needs to spun out into 10/20 pages of storytelling, and cliffhangers etc. Low information density articles are such a drain on all of us.

munificent 5y ago
Some readers consider the human interest part "information" too.

codeulike 5y ago

There's actually very little in the article about the 'pioneering work' and how it happened, what the breakthroughs were etc Edit: although to be fair, the gist of it is that migraine has only recently started to be taken seriously due to a kind of medical sexism, so it's not so much a scientific breakthrough as a social one

starkd 5y ago
I can recall reading articles making that claim going back at least thirty years now, claiming they need to take a fresh look because it has not been taken seriously. It's just a pitch for more research dollars. There's likely no one cause for the illness. Migraines can due to wide number of things.
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rocketbop 5y ago

I found the same when I came across the article a couple of days ago. There was no real revelations, but the doctor in question has worked on some new medications which work better than previous medications and are now coming on stream.

neals 5y ago

Yes I agree, these articles give me a headache.

nelox 5y ago

If you would rather listen, Peter Goadsby was featured in this BBC Discovery podcast about his pioneering research on migraine: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1m7t https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1m7t

noneeeed 5y ago
That was a great episode of Jim Al-Khalili's "The Life Scientific" which is worth listening to. It's an excellent series for anyone interested in science and engineering, he does a great job of showing just how varied science is, and also how varied the routes into science can be. Many of his interviewees end up in their specialisms thoough often very circuitous routes.

civilized 5y ago

I give them about 2-3 paragraphs and if they haven't said anything yet, I assume they never will and close the window.

specialist 5y ago
Totally. Hidden topic sentences. Now I just skip preambles. The Wadsworth Constant for text.
Cthulhu_ 5y ago
Same, I opened this one up a few days ago when someone linked to it, saw what style it was, tried to scan it to get to the juicy bits, then just closed it and asked for a tl;dr. I don't have the attention span for long form stories like this while I'm on my PC. Maybe when I'm on vacation and have a stack of reading material ready, idk.

acjohnson55 5y ago

I was also taken aback by that. I think the headline set expectations poorly.