This kind of goes to the idea that a paper could be queried via LLM, asking about quality criteria¹, experimental methods, and grammar. The other idea is spent

This kind of goes to the idea that a paper could be queried via LLM, asking about quality criteria¹, experimental methods, and grammar. The other idea is spent time is irreversible, so the investment into context and content is a proof of work: here is a thing I did; I would not have spent it in any less important way. Speeches in symbolic places, for example, or opinion pieces, essays, and the like. Do we then lose something with "modular writing," inserting links or reused phrases? Certainly not in mathematical proofs or code. We want to elevate the author's voice or authorship, though. Or, do we drain all argument of rhetoric, and present scribbled bones? Then the voice--and style, personality, and tone--proceeds from learned mores, which become the more familiar by practice in the ways expressed. Then it is important to learn the language, and to learn it well. ¹ Quality Criteria in Quantitative and Qualitative Research (2013) [pdf] - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_excellence_education/pdf/Quality_Criteria_in_research.pdf https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_excellence_educati...