[Schlagbohrer]

Can we please retire the headline trend of "The Unreasonable ___ of ____ "

[HarHarVeryFunny]

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]

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]

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]

All you need is the unreasonable effectiveness of ... Symmetry.

[gilleain]

Heh, on my watchlist - ""The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Group Theory" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XsXRUsNEC4

[pfdietz]

The Unreasonable Annoyance of Cliches

But then, this thead is all about proteins incorporating structural cliches, isn't it?

[theideaofcoffee]

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.

[ramraj07]

Competing with "x is all you need"