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And then erase all intermediate steps and just publish the end result - which no one will understand (including yourself a couple of years later), but that's OK
by resource0x 3y ago
And then erase all intermediate steps and just publish the end result - which no one will understand (including yourself a couple of years later), but that's OK /s
- Ar-Curunir 3y agoIncreasingly this evolution is spread across multiple papers, and is not enclosed within a single paper. So you can partially follow the chain of thought.
- hgomersall 3y agoI've lamented this effect of the paper writing process for some time. I think a paper should present the steps taken by the authors to arrive at the new results, not just the new results in isolation. Those steps often provide so much useful insight.
- einpoklum 3y agoI think so too, but then, (many/most) papers will need to be 2x or 3x longer - which is fine by me, but conferences and journals have strict length limits.
- gsinclair 3y agoMaybe the scratch notes could be published outside of the paper itself. It’s not an ideal solution, of course, because links can go stale. But maybe it’s a starting point.
- hgomersall 3y agoOr better still, stop pretending there's any real limit on how long a publication can be.
- Ar-Curunir 3y agoIncreasingly this evolution is spread across multiple papers, and is not enclosed within a single paper.