Scientific writing is bad so much of the time. The bio sciences are particular offenders in my experience. Good writing should communicate a concept clearly.

Scientific writing is bad so much of the time. The bio sciences are particular offenders in my experience. Good writing should communicate a concept clearly. For some reason, science writers feel the need to swallow and partially regurgitate the dictionary. “Look how clever I am: therefore my conclusions are valid”. I’ve spent ten minutes reading, and I still can’t figure out whether they’re saying that physiognomy should not be explored or does not work. They might have a good point but by christ are they asking the reader to work to dig it out.