throwaway77749

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   by throwaway77749 7y ago

   But a scientific article is not an exercise in argumentation. The main purpose of citations is to guide readers who are new to the field, give credit to readers who are experienced in the field (indeed, many criticisms of an introduction or
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   by throwaway77749 7y ago

   I'm not criticizing any philosophy, just describing how people in some communities write. It's a matter of form and conventions, not content.
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   by throwaway77749 7y ago

   A fun thing I've noticed among HN and HN-adjacent crowds (e.g. the rationalist movement) is - and I'm sorry to be disparaging here - this fetishizing of some of the worst and most boring aspects of science: opaque, always serious