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Can we please retire the headline trend of "The Unreasonable ___ of ____ "
by Schlagbohrer 5mo ago
Can we please retire the headline trend of "The Unreasonable ___ of ____ "
- bl0rg 5mo agoAt some point someone will analyze this pattern and post an article named "The Unreasonable effectiveness of the 'The Unreasonable X of Y' template".
- tux3 5mo agoEverything old is new again! We've had "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful [1]. Now it's the Unreasonable Effectiveness of "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of X". It seems like "X is All You Need" is All You Need. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20090320002214/http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/ParaMount/papers/rubin87goto.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090320002214/http://www.ecn.pu...
- ramraj07 5mo agoCompeting with "x is all you need"
- HarHarVeryFunny 5mo agoI think it's a useful meme, as long as applied appropriately - where it truthfully promises some sort of surprise and potential insight. It seems to have originated with Eugene Wigner's 1960 "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences".
- theideaofcoffee 5mo agoThis and "How I learned to stop worrying and love ___". I can't identify what grinds my gears so much about it, perhaps it's the laziness.
- pfdietz 5mo agoThe Unreasonable Annoyance of Cliches But then, this thead is all about proteins incorporating structural cliches, isn't it?