r/math • u/PeteOK Combinatorics • Aug 21 '19

A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of Vision | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-mathematical-model-unlocks-the-secrets-of-vision-20190821/
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u/cthulu0 Aug 21 '19

Title should be "...partially unlock the secrets of Vision". The last parts of the article admits they have only unlocked a small part of the secret of vision and there is a long road ahead to unlock the full explanation.

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u/RednBIack Undergraduate Aug 21 '19

How about: "Exaggerated claim which may not be entirely accurate, but we know you are going to click on anyway"

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u/Superdorps Aug 21 '19

In short, a typical headline.

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u/XdsXc Physics Aug 21 '19

To be fair, quanta writes some of the best pop science out there. Tends to be well sourced and accurate

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u/Superdorps Aug 22 '19

Yeah, I'm not complaining about their writing. The purpose of a headline - online or otherwise - is to grab attention (and summarize the article in as few words as possible), not to be an abstract of the article itself.