Comment by lelanthran

> A secondary trait I would often notice is a complete exclusion of [easily intuited] counter-facts because they cut into the paper’s claim.

It's lack of industry experience. I complained about this is a recent comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43769856

Basically, in SE anyway, the largest number of publications are authored by new graduates.

Think about how clueless the new MSc or PhD graduate is when they join your team: thesebare the majority of authors.

The system is set up to incentivise the wrong thing.