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This leads me to a different path. Some (most?) papers require an almost absurd amount of context; in the extremes, single digit audiences with the knowledge to
by gregoryl 4y ago
This leads me to a different path. Some (most?) papers require an almost absurd amount of context; in the extremes, single digit audiences with the knowledge to understand.
Perhaps putting that context into publications would be more effective?
- t6jvcereio 4y ago> Perhaps putting that context into publications would be more effective? It's called introduction
- swatcoder 4y agoYou’re describing a pop science book, and of course people write those too. But research publishing is a traditionally internal dialog among people who ostensibly spent years being inducted into a common contextual foundation. Post-web journalism and open access publishing might be challenging that tradition, but the answer is probably not to staple an introductory textbook to every paper.
- School-Cotton 4y agoThen all scientific papers would be thousands of pages long.
- gregoryl 4y agoAhh, the dangers of writing a comment whilst distracted. I meant rather to include the context you need to have yourself; something akin to "you must be this tall to ride", "you need a doctorate in physics to have a chance of understanding this properly".