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Q&A How to find the balance between research and the obvious

It seems to me to mostly depend on your target audience. Scientists of this field will want full throttle facts, General scientific types will expect to be convinced by strong backable data In...

posted 8y ago by Reed‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Reed‭ · 2019-12-08T04:24:36Z (over 4 years ago)
It seems to me to mostly depend on your target audience.

- Scientists of this field will want full throttle facts, 
- General scientific types will expect to be convinced by strong backable data 
- Interested non-scientists may relate more to argument that make sense and are logical rather than specific proof, 
- The general skeptic reader will not trust any facts and may reject any attempts to convince him by “proofs” 
- The general reader will not care either for logic or facts, as long as it is interesting. 

If you attempt to reach the broadest audience, discard all the boring bits and write a fiction novel on the subject.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-07-02T00:56:52Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 3