Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b...
by boublepop on Saturday June 26, 2021 @05:24PM
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> What's wrong with "CRISPR gene editing shown to cure Transthyretin amyloidosis in patient study"
I understand your asking a rhetorical question but in the interest of having a discussion about this I’ll try to give you an answer. Imagine a title like “Xonuicfixs shown in zenocttkike to cure Xclatngt”
Reading that you might thing “wrf are they talking about?” But imagine I just change the title to be more like:
“A breakthrough in Xonuicfixs shows promise as a cure for a range of decided.”
Have I lowered the information content of the title? Yes, certainly. However I have also made it very apparent to you an others who don’t know the subject matter why this is a worthwhile achievement, and this might therefore just become the first article that you read and learn about Xonuicfixs.
And really shouldn’t that be the job of a title? To convey to potential readers why the content might be with their time. And I would note that this is entirely different from clickbait which tires to lure you into content with no information about what the content is.
I understand your asking a rhetorical question but in the interest of having a discussion about this I’ll try to give you an answer. Imagine a title like “Xonuicfixs shown in zenocttkike to cure Xclatngt”
Reading that you might thing “wrf are they talking about?” But imagine I just change the title to be more like:
“A breakthrough in Xonuicfixs shows promise as a cure for a range of decided.”
Have I lowered the information content of the title? Yes, certainly. However I have also made it very apparent to you an others who don’t know the subject matter why this is a worthwhile achievement, and this might therefore just become the first article that you read and learn about Xonuicfixs.
And really shouldn’t that be the job of a title? To convey to potential readers why the content might be with their time. And I would note that this is entirely different from clickbait which tires to lure you into content with no information about what the content is.