[conjectures]

I think it's because the font is correlated with higher-than-average quality for random docs one finds on the web.

[supernova87a]

Very true -- interesting when the barrier to using the tool signifies a certain level of professionalism and investment in wanting the paper to look and read right.

However, there is a part of the curve where random failed grad student and retired professors become conspiracy cranks and email you half-baked theories about the shape of the universe, typeset in Latex -- and those get through the filter unfortunately.

[quickthrower2]

Many cryptocurrency “whitepapers” take advantage of the trust for this format

[sneak]

This psychological baggage was precisely why I chose it for body copy on my blog. It’s a sort of an intellectual dogwhistle.