On Writing: "The Curse of Knowledge"
Paul Brown <[email protected]>
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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 -- Promotion & Communication www: http://kde.org Mastodon: https://mastodon.technology/@kde Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity