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56. Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?

No Stupid Questions

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How to Write a Scientific Journal?

The ability to do good scientific research is not strongly corre ed with the ability to communicate it. When you have academic researches writing an oped piece or a book, that's where you find that many academics just aren't very good writers. So i think there could be a kind of madlibs style journal. I would rather have a physicist be a great physicist and a mediocre writer. The question is, what does it take to be a clear writer? And i don't think it's so hard for a great physicist or labor economist, or any one else, to be says the psychologist who happens to be a really good writer.

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