A Kant scholar once told me that the difference between Kant and Hume is that Kant described simple ideas complexly and Hume described complex ideas simply. To

A Kant scholar once told me that the difference between Kant and Hume is that Kant described simple ideas complexly and Hume described complex ideas simply. To apply that to Foucault and and Diamond, Foucault explored complex ideas obtusely and Diamond explores dumb ideas simply. Sure, the academy has a bias towards complexity. It is slightly self-justifying. But let's not be black and white thinkers and assume that the opposite is true, and that airport reading by somebody with no historical credentials must be some secret truth the academy doesn't want you to now. It might just be popular bunk.