Alan Dix Snip!t: The Ig Nobel Prize and Other Efforts to Eradicate Complex Academic Writing

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Snip summary	The idea that writing should be clear, concise, and low-... new one—and it isn’t limited to government agencies,... problem of needlessly complex writing—sometimes referr... “opaque writing style”—has been explored in fields... to science. The Ig Nobel Prize and Other Efforts to Eradicate Complex Academic Writing - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/complex-aca.../412255/?...

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The idea that writing should be clear, concise, and low-... new one—and it isn’t limited to government agencies,... problem of needlessly complex writing—sometimes referr... “opaque writing style”—has been explored in fields... to science.

The Ig Nobel Prize and Other Efforts to Eradicate Complex Academic Writing - The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/complex-aca.../412255/?...

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Full snip	The idea that writing should be clear, concise, and low-jargon isn’t a new one—and it isn’t limited to government agencies, of course. The problem of needlessly complex writing—sometimes referred to as an “opaque writing style”—has been explored in fields ranging from law to science. Yet in academia, unwieldy writing has become something of a protected tradition.

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