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Re:The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing by ThomPete on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @12:40PM (#10459206)
Wait. I didn't say any of that.

I am simply pointing out that when writing is part of the way to communicate then that takes on a refinement process of it's own.

Just like simple notes become complex 12 tone music or bebob over time.

Academic writing is often a product of academic reading and so it ends up pushing the next generation into further obfuscation of meaning and towards even more clique writing. We are talking about fields like Psychology, social sciences, literature, biology, anthropology and so on.

I don't normally hear the problem being address in CS or in the Natural Sciences and I don't see the article points that out specifically. But writing is definitely one of the main forms of communication for those I mentioned and they are a large part of acedmia.

Re:The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing by nmrm2 on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @06:39PM (#10461704)
I think we were talking past one another, and I misinterpreted what you meant by "a field were the very purpose is writing" to mean "the purpose of academia is writing".

Sorry for the confusion :-)

Re:The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing by ThomPete on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @09:15AM (#10464213)
Ahh ok :) Fine fine.