[lewis500]

I write little academic papers for a living as a professor. I think this is good advice on how to write like cormac mccarthy. More important is to pick an academic writer whose journal articles you love and copy them. One of my favorites is Paul Krugman. He’s not in my field but apparently he’s good enough that people want to read him. He uses lots of semicolons and punctuation. I understand where this advice is coming from, though. Lots of academics are truly horrible writers and believe complication itself makes their writing erudite.

[froh]

TIL > erudite

educated, cultured, cultivated, learned, literate

In case you wondered like I did :-)

[booleandilemma]

I first learned this word (and many others) from EverQuest, back in the day.