tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397975.post113786488025043696..comments2023-04-07T11:35:19.875-04:00Comments on RONdezvous: Alien Transmission from planet Academic ObfuscationRon Rienstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542594735170237672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397975.post-1137961369535649982006-01-22T15:22:00.000-05:002006-01-22T15:22:00.000-05:00Oh. Yes. I laughed reading the Tracy paragraph be...Oh. Yes. I laughed reading the Tracy paragraph because my brain immediately switched modes ("All systems, power up!") and because I got through it and thought, "Jeez, that's a lot of words to say something relatively simple," which is exactly what you deduced.<BR/><BR/>I keep thinking my committee will reject my dissertation because it's just too easy to read: "I'm sorry, Mary, but this makes perfect sense. Please try again."Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00031196753209051968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13397975.post-1137900852295452832006-01-21T22:34:00.000-05:002006-01-21T22:34:00.000-05:00I've run into similar reading angst. And I study....I've run into similar reading angst. And I study... COMMUNICATION. I have a suspicion that there's a lot of academic posturing involved - even stupid ideas look smart at first when you have to decode it from all the jargon (if you're reading bad ideas in translation it's even more deceptive), plus everyone wants to prove that they can do it too.bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.com