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A lot of the time the verbosity isn't so much to sound more clever as it is to be very specific and explicit about what the author is trying to convey. There's
by bicubic 10y ago
A lot of the time the verbosity isn't so much to sound more clever as it is to be very specific and explicit about what the author is trying to convey. There's a lot of changing assumed knowledge and jargon in various fields and our use of language changes over time. The publication writing style is an attempt to factor that out.
- rdlecler1 10y agoThat's what an appendix is for. Letters to Nature are 1500 words. You'd be surprised how effective that forcing function is. Not only do you preserve meaning, but you can convey it better because it respects the readers cache size limitations.
- bicubic 10y agoBy that analogy, an appendix is even worse; requiring a jump and a complete cache flush for the reader :p