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Nature 450, 1156 (20 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/4501156c; Published online 19 December 2007

A brief proposal, 150 words

Alice Flaherty1

  1. Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA

A common belief about the ways science and art differ is that science convinces with evidence, whereas art persuades through rhetoric. Therefore, we tell ourselves, style does not matter in scientific writing.

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