56. Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?
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We love our work very much. We're work lovers, just say it. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Stephen Dubner. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, why is academic writing so bad? Why don't we turn it into a mad libs? All you have to do is drop down menus and fill in the blank. Also, what does your perfect day look like? And what's preventing you from having more of them?
It's sunny and 77 degrees today, going up from a high of 76 yesterday. Angela, we have a listener question from one David Bowling. Here is my question, David writes. Why is academic writing so bad? Part of the answer, he writes, must be that the incentives make it bad, that is, to gain tenure.
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