Re:Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions
by ycosynot on Sunday December 13, 2015 @08:45AM
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I think you're a bit tough, it's not their responsibility to summarize, and they provided an interesting and free article. I think it'd be nice if there was a service which systematically tldr everything, instead of having it in comments. That'd allow for a lot of information at one glance (though unverified). It's not my website but for what it's worth I found this website which does it, http://tldr.io/discover
Re:Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions
by blisterpeanuts on Sunday December 13, 2015 @09:12AM
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Traditional scientific and other types of informational articles begin with an introductory paragraph that summarizes the piece. In scientific writing, it's called an "abstract". In general nonfiction exposition, it's a principle of good organization: introduction, body, and conclusion. Of course it's not "required" to provide an abstract or explanatory subtitle at the top; it's just good practice.
Yes, is this a trend even among prestigious scientific news publications, to leave out the summary and force readers to skim through many paragraphs just to get to this rather simple and predictable conclusion? Poorly written article and I'm disappointed in Nature.