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Schlagbohrertoday at 9:21 AM5 repliesview on HN

Can we please retire the headline trend of "The Unreasonable ___ of ____ "


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pfdietztoday at 2:09 PM

The Unreasonable Annoyance of Cliches

But then, this thead is all about proteins incorporating structural cliches, isn't it?

bl0rgtoday at 9:28 AM

At some point someone will analyze this pattern and post an article named "The Unreasonable effectiveness of the 'The Unreasonable X of Y' template".

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HarHarVeryFunnytoday at 11:48 AM

I think it's a useful meme, as long as applied appropriately - where it truthfully promises some sort of surprise and potential insight.

It seems to have originated with Eugene Wigner's 1960 "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences".

ramraj07today at 11:06 AM

Competing with "x is all you need"

theideaofcoffeetoday at 12:23 PM

This and "How I learned to stop worrying and love ___". I can't identify what grinds my gears so much about it, perhaps it's the laziness.