Re:No, I won't read your amateur Covid-19 “research paper”
by nil-sec on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:12PM
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In general this is done out of an appreciation that no work exists in a vacuum. "We", takes away from the individual and attributes the work to a group of people, even if they are not coauthors. I actually think this is one of the better conventions in academia.
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Re:No, I won't read your amateur Covid-19 “research paper”
by threwawasy1228 on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:29PM
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Well it is also worth mentioning, the "we" can be used as a way to give a paper a conversational tone whilst still remaining formal. The "we" in that kind of case is the other domain experts reading the paper the author is assuming they are speaking to.