PhilGoetz comments on Over-encapsulation - Less Wrong
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I don't have an opinion on whether it occurred to the authors, and don't think there's any reason to form an opinion on that. If I didn't think it was an easy error to make, I wouldn't have written this post.
One reason is to increase one's understanding of how science and academia work in practice. Gaining such knowledge can be expected to improve one's ability to update in the correct manner when reading other papers. (And to make myself clear I'll add belief that there is no reason to form an opinion on that is something that is objectively false even though it a useful belief to signal.)