As far as I can tell the solution he offers is merely to put the Discussion section of the paper first, and go logically from there. I don't see how this really helps. I write lots of scientific papers. You don't read scientific papers to understand how the science was conducted as a first goal, usually - you want the results that make the paper worth writing in the first place. You read the abstract and conclusions first, and then decide whether the rest of the paper is worth reading.
hrygolis|7 years ago
Abstract, results, methods, conclusions.
Experts can glean a lot about the methods from the results, and what not can be obtained from the methods. The conclusions are usually debatable, and mostly in the abstract.
The significance statements are worthless wastes of time.