With that said, we believe that there are benefits to making research more interesting, so long as the core elements of high-quality research (e.g., importance, rigor, and validity) are present. One such benefit is that scholars who produce interesting research have more influence on others. In his classic study of sociological theories, Davis concluded that “a theorist is considered great, not because his/her theories are true, but because they are in- teresting. . . . The capacity to stimulate interest is a necessary characteristic of greatness” (1971: 309)