I once got into a somewhat vicious argument with a friend who was working on a doctoral thesis. My background was English literature and journalism, his was psy

I once got into a somewhat vicious argument with a friend who was working on a doctoral thesis. My background was English literature and journalism, his was psychology. I said that his thesis was poorly written, he said that it was "the style" and I didn't "get it." The thing is, "writing" isn't a convention, or a style, or a science. It is the craft of making an idea understandable. A couple semesters of journalism should be required to any scientist or doctor or basically anyone who feels like they should ever bother sharing their lifetime of knowledge.