Perhaps MoR is addictive while other works are ... drier. So?

So‽

What about the students who have to finish texts whether they like it or not because they are in an academic setting?

/looks around, sees no grades depending on people reading Jaynes & not quietly procrastinating on reading Jaynes

What about the people that don't mind dry reading, as long as it is intellectual?

Rara avis, indeed. Apparently there aren't many of you on LW, or else all the past attempts would do better...

I analyze scientific papers in journal clubs with other scientists. I enjoy it, because in the end you're gonna have a good discussion anyway.

Synchronous discussions in person are quite different from asynchronous online attempts to do so.