Researcher: hardest papers to read have perfect grammar but no insight
kwangmoo_yi · x · 2026-10-08
A researcher observes that the papers he finds hardest to read often have flawless English and a colon in the abstract's second sentence — grammatically perfect, yet lacking the flow and insight of good writing. The thread continues with an example: reporting a 2 dB PSNR gain in 12 of 13 test cases in the abstract is unnecessary; just say it outperforms the state-of-the-art.
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