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[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Call me a downer if you want, but I think scientific papers should be above using clickbait titles. Scientific papers should be dry, boring and technical so that there's no doubt that a paper is popular because of its content and not the personality of its writer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

When a scientific paper has one of those titles I assume it is bullshit until proven otherwise. I can not trust a paper that does not even trust itself to stand on its own merits.

[–] Aqarius 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I agree.

Except for the "this paper will be sad if you don't read it" one, that one's on point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I mean, we’re not talking about mutually exclusive properties.

Whether a paper is more or less dry and whether it’s more or less accessible to newcomers is separate from the quality of the contribution.

You can have both.