A number of people have asked what I could have done better. In particular, I should have set the first post in the thread to public and the rest of the posts as unlisted.

Here's a fantastic explainer from @djnavarro via @flodebarre:
https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/#how-can-i-make-threads

(It's worth reading the entire thing. I learned a ton.)

10. In light of all this, the following line from Ely et al. nearly knocked my out of my airplane seat.

“Note that suspense is experienced ex ante whereas surprise is experienced ex post.”

Taken together, it explains so much.

When writing a grant proposal, we aim to generate *suspense*.

When writing a research paper, we aim to generate *surprise*.

/fin