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To me it seems like academic papers force people to back up every statement with a quote and agree with assigned readings. This style of writing leads to unori
by jfghi 3y ago
To me it seems like academic papers force people to back up every statement with a quote and agree with assigned readings. This style of writing leads to unoriginal results.
- skybrian 3y agoIsn't that how non-fiction is supposed to work? It's about finding interesting evidence that adds up to something, not making stuff up. Though, ideally by finding interesting evidence in books that aren't in the assigned reading.
- jfghi 3y agoIt is, but I think that it would lead to a lot of false positives for automated plagiarism detection.