Often half or (much) more of the value of a paper is in the references, and that's not a bad thing. Sometimes it is the first thing I read.
There's no ink shortage, no link limit on the Internet, and every paper has an abstract for quick filtering. As a curious person I want everything that serves to establish the argument cited so I can be guided to papers of interest and get a better idea of where an idea fits in the broader field.
Often half or (much) more of the value of a paper is in the references, and that's not a bad thing. Sometimes it is the first thing I read.
There's no ink shortage, no link limit on the Internet, and every paper has an abstract for quick filtering. As a curious person I want everything that serves to establish the argument cited so I can be guided to papers of interest and get a better idea of where an idea fits in the broader field.