The presentation of this article is confusing. Does the author or this researcher actually think this is novel enough to write about like this? Or are they jus

The presentation of this article is confusing. Does the author or this researcher actually think this is novel enough to write about like this? Or are they just too embarrassed to have a single paragraph that translates roughly to "here's another minor development that's entirely in line with everyone's mental model" and leave it at that?