Good observation on the irony of my own writing. :-) I should have added abstract writing in general to technical/scientific. In general, Present Simple tense

Good observation on the irony of my own writing. :-) I should have added abstract writing in general to technical/scientific. In general, Present Simple tense is used when referring to abstract concepts, which is rarer in real life than in this forum. (A lot of people here are abstract thinkers.) Most news pieces and conversations refer to actual events and do not use as much Present Simple.