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Punoxysm comments on Open thread, Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Punoxysm 14 October 2014 01:07:26AM 2 points [-]

I think a transparent style is what you need in medical literature. Repeating yourself certainly aids clarity, as long as you aren't annoying your reader. Giving summaries at the beginning is great. Don't save the "punchline" of the result for the end, that's for literature and some journalism, not anything academic.

I don't know that the classical humanities can lay claim to these ideas though.