I find this advice really funny actually, because we actually had days in both my bio and neuro classes here at Pomona where we discussed how to tackle a paper, and while there are differences between disciplines, this order was recommended in both of those - to the point that I wonder why don't people just arrange the paper in this way if it will create a more accessible reading experience?

I know academia has its Ways and Rules that it hates to change, but it still seems like it might help a lot of people reading papers for the first time without any kind of support