>Chuck0 writes:
>
>> I have no idea academics are supposed to write books for, because I
>> work out in the real world.
>
>So, what distinguishes the 'real world' from the one academics inhabit,
>and just how does one cross from one to the other? Is it done simply by
>entering the realm of academia?
And Chuck works for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes Science magazine, little of which would be comprehensible to the average farmhand. Are scientists exempt from the "real world" critique because they can blow shit up?
Doug