On Writing: "The Curse of Knowledge"

Paul Brown <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.events
Organization KDE e.V.
Message-ID <11302648.1zhgata647@linux-lpbb>
Hi Promo People,

"""
For Pinker, the root cause of so much bad writing is what he calls "the Curse 
of Knowledge", which he defines as "a difficulty in imagining what it is like 
for someone else not to know something that you know. The curse of knowledge 
is the single best explanation I know of why good people write bad prose."
"""

Interesting article on why many people's writing is hard to understand by 
people outside their immediate circle, despite their vast knowledge.

Cheers

Paul
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