[iridium]

I think Tufte is great, and his ideas of reductionism should never go away. But, this is giving me MLA flashbacks all over again.

[mikecsh]

MLA?

[zbentley]

They are likely referring to the MLA style manual, which is heavily used in some academic areas, and is often the subject of complaints regarding its highly specific and easy-to-mistake rules regarding citations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLA_Style_Manual

[mikecsh]

Aha, thank you.