Decline of scholarly confidence or increase of scholarly humility?

Interesting study: Over the last 60 years, researchers in four fields have used more "hedge" words (like 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦, 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, and 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴) and fewer "booster" words (like 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, and 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴).
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1634848/full

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