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This always irks me, not just with academic articles but also with other "high-brow"/"intellectual" writing (including everything from literature and philosophy
by Smithalicious 7y ago
This always irks me, not just with academic articles but also with other "high-brow"/"intellectual" writing (including everything from literature and philosophy to tech writing). There's a lot of intentional or accidental obfucasting or complicating of things that when you call them out will just get you accused of being too stupid to understand it.
- api 7y agoIts better today than it used to be. Go read some renaissance alchemical or natural philosophy texts. These are often called occult. The word "occult" means "hidden" as in "concealed behind a wall of unbelievably long winded flowery bullshit." Today's academic writing is a paragon of brevity and clarity.