[blastrat]

stop and think for a minute about what you are saying. Did you go to college, and did you learn anything? High school? Those books are all written by academics; very few of the smarter better informed people you're reading could write a single textbook without spending a stupid amout of time studying the field first.

Nothing wrong with you being interested in reading what smart, well-informed people have to say on a variety of topics, and nothing wrong with being interested in everyday practical stuff over the edges of academia... but there is a little something wrong with thinking that your preferences indicate something "interesting" about academic writing; I read a lot of blogs too, but get a grip, man!

[elgabogringo]

I wasn't talking about formal academic writing in this post. I was talking about academics.

[blastrat]

what I wrote was also about academics, taught by academics who also write academic papers. They're the same people. You don't have to read them