tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601699047263756666.post5485319751440209876..comments2023-05-07T02:13:02.591+12:00Comments on Computational Intelligence: Science writing doesn't have to be boring writingMike Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12970193877427051617noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601699047263756666.post-22158295700647906062011-04-30T14:33:43.821+12:002011-04-30T14:33:43.821+12:00Two kinds of narrative are missing from many paper...Two kinds of narrative are missing from many papers: (1) An explanation of immediate context or the circumstances under which research has been done, which can be a paragraph about the author(s)placed in the margin of a paper, and (2) The acknowledgments section, which some publishers seem to regard as optional, rather than being an ethically necessary component of any research (exactly what acknowledgments to make should be decided by the authors, but for any paper to go without acknowledgments means that the readers have no access at all to the back story, or to other contributors to the work, living or dead) (if no living person has contributed to the author's thinking, then there must be some scholar in the past to whom the author can pay respects)Peter Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670524736367860428noreply@blogger.com