← Back to context Comment by Schlagbohrer 2 days ago Can we please retire the headline trend of "The Unreasonable ___ of ____ " 8 comments Schlagbohrer Reply HarHarVeryFunny 1 day ago 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". bl0rg 2 days ago At some point someone will analyze this pattern and post an article named "The Unreasonable effectiveness of the 'The Unreasonable X of Y' template". tux3 1 day ago Everything old is new again! We've had "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful [1].Now it's the Unreasonable Effectiveness of "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of X".It seems like "X is All You Need" is All You Need.[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20090320002214/http://www.ecn.pu... ppierre 1 day ago All you need is the unreasonable effectiveness of ... Symmetry. 1 reply → pfdietz 1 day ago The Unreasonable Annoyance of ClichesBut then, this thead is all about proteins incorporating structural cliches, isn't it? ramraj07 1 day ago Competing with "x is all you need" theideaofcoffee 1 day ago 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.
HarHarVeryFunny 1 day ago 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".
bl0rg 2 days ago At some point someone will analyze this pattern and post an article named "The Unreasonable effectiveness of the 'The Unreasonable X of Y' template". tux3 1 day ago Everything old is new again! We've had "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful [1].Now it's the Unreasonable Effectiveness of "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of X".It seems like "X is All You Need" is All You Need.[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20090320002214/http://www.ecn.pu... ppierre 1 day ago All you need is the unreasonable effectiveness of ... Symmetry. 1 reply →
tux3 1 day ago Everything old is new again! We've had "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful [1].Now it's the Unreasonable Effectiveness of "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of X".It seems like "X is All You Need" is All You Need.[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20090320002214/http://www.ecn.pu... ppierre 1 day ago All you need is the unreasonable effectiveness of ... Symmetry. 1 reply →
pfdietz 1 day ago The Unreasonable Annoyance of ClichesBut then, this thead is all about proteins incorporating structural cliches, isn't it?
theideaofcoffee 1 day ago 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.
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".
At some point someone will analyze this pattern and post an article named "The Unreasonable effectiveness of the 'The Unreasonable X of Y' template".
Everything old is new again! We've had "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful [1].
Now it's the Unreasonable Effectiveness of "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of X".
It seems like "X is All You Need" is All You Need.
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20090320002214/http://www.ecn.pu...
All you need is the unreasonable effectiveness of ... Symmetry.
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The Unreasonable Annoyance of Cliches
But then, this thead is all about proteins incorporating structural cliches, isn't it?
Competing with "x is all you need"
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.