Choosing the most sales-y words (for some scientists)

Here’s this week’s Practical-Philosophy-for-Overambitious-Professional-Scientists topic:

Under one traditional form of academic gamesmanship, it’s all about what words someone can cram into a paper title, to induce a maximal number of guesswork interpretations by people in other fields. And by journalists. 

Discuss (choosing your words carefully).

BONUS: “Number-space mapping in the newborn chick resembles humans’ mental number line“