Re: On Writing: "The Curse of Knowledge"
Thomas Pfeiffer <[email protected]>
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> On 17. Aug 2017, at 09:27, Paul Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. Hi Paul, This sounds like an interesting read! Can we have a link to the full article? Looks like you’ve presented an example of the curse of knowledge right here ;) Thanks, Thomas