Why is Science so Serious?

If you've ever read a scientific paper, it probably looks something like this:

Recall that G is a compact, connected, simply connected, semisimple Lie group
of rank n. Let T ⊂ G be a maximal torus in G. Letting t denote the Lie algebra of T, we have T ≃ t/Λ, where Λ = π1(T) ≃ Zn. Let Tˆ be the dual torus to T, defined as Tˆ = t ∗/Λ ∗. Let t1 , . . . , tn be a basis for Λ and t1, . . . , tn the dual basis.Using H1 (T , ˆ Z) ≃ Λ, we identify t1 , . . . , tn with a basis of 1-forms on Tˆ. Similarly t1, . . . , tn define a basis of 1-forms for T. The projection π : G → G/T is a principal
torus bundle of rank n and has a Chern class c ∈ H2
(G/T, Λ). Using the basis t1, . . . , tn , we write c = ci ti, where ci ∈ H2(G/T, Z). This defines a twisting class κ = ci ` t i ∈ H3 (G/T × T, ˆ Z).

(credit to DAVID BARAGLIA AND PEDRAM HEKMATI just in case I might be sued for stealing someone's discovery.)

I have no doubt that these guys have done an excellent job in their paper, figuring out something cool that could plausibly intrigue all the rest of us.  But it doesn't.  Why?  It doesn't because its illegible.  All I understood from reading that introduction excerpt was Lie Group (whatever that is), algebra (a nightmare for most of us), and a torus (like my morning donut?)  After doing a lot more research on the topic, I learned that this paper is talking about how toruses (like donuts) can rotate and twist in space, which is pretty cool.

Why do papers have to be so serious?  They have to be because it gives them a bit of secrecy, a bit of mystery, and most importantly, it gives the work value.  For example, three men named Alpher, Bethe, and Gamov wrote a paper (actually, only Alpher and Gamov wrote it, Bethe was Gamov's friend and his name was added as a word play on the first three letters of the greek alphabet.)  Although they had groundbreaking work, both scientists and non-scientists scoffed at the paper as not profound work just because the paper wasn't as serious as it was supposed to be.  Another example is a paper named General second order scalar-tensor theory, self tuning, and the Fab Four.  Journals forced the last part of the name of the paper to be removed as "the Beatles had little to do with Physics" and all references to the band had to be removed .  Thankfully, the original copy still exists on ArXiv, an archive.  All links will be provided at the end of the article.

With science so serious, we are dissuading the next generation from entering the fields as science is purposely making the field unavailable to commoners.  As Tyler DeWitt points out in his TED talk, by telling a story about bacteriophages instead of just saying in fancy terminology their function, kids are much more interested in science.  Science needs to realize that keeping their work secret doesn't increase respect for it but instead decreases understanding of it.

Links:

"Alpha Beta Gamma" paper : http://journals.aps.org/pr/pdf/10.1103/PhysRev.73.803

Fab Four paper : http://arxiv.org/pdf/1106.2000v2.pdf

Tyler DeWitt's TED talk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OaIdwUdSxE