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2026-03-13 13:05 UTC

@neuralreckoning@neuromatch.social I’ve tried it in the past but I didn't like doing the exposé at the start. I prefer Inspector Morse to Columbo for the same reason! I like telling a story and trying to hold the attention of the audience through the talk. I found after I'd given the punchline away early, I lost interest, let alone the audience. Having said all that, we consume papers this way (with the abstract upfront) so maybe I should try it again. Agree for v short talks tl;dr works well. @MCDuncanLab@mstdn.social

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@MCDuncanLab@mstdn.social 2026-03-13 13:21

@steveroyle@biologists.social @neuralreckoning@neuromatch.social I don't like the full detective mode. Like in the overview, I posted I give a general idea of where I'm going. Like my current research I'd introduce as Today I'm going to tell you about some new protein interactions important for clathrin mediated traffic and how those might explain a large class of neurodevelopmental disorders. It lets you know in general where I'm going so you know what to focus on in the intro and early data.

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@neuralreckoning@neuromatch.social 2026-03-13 13:29

@steveroyle@biologists.social @MCDuncanLab@mstdn.social the thing that I've found is that no matter how much we think we're telling an exciting detective story, for the audience it's not as exciting as we'd imagine. I think in my whole career I've seen maybe 2 or 3 talks that pulled off the detective story.

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