Comment by halosghost
10 days ago
Just to say, I actually disagree entirely. I do not believe press releases are, almost ever, valuable. Papers are just a format (with some writing style conventions that tend to follow the given field-of-study); they may be intimidating for many, but the hacker spirit and ethos is to dive in and tackle it, and that will pay far more dividends for everyone reading it than to consume more advertising. :)
All the best,
-HG
Unless you are actually familiar with odontology or work in the field, the paper carries little significance for the average layperson (most of us on HN).