Re: On Writing: "The Curse of Knowledge"

Paul Brown <[email protected]> Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:44:15 +0200

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On Thursday, 17 August 2017 11:38:24 CEST Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > 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

Hah hah! Yeah. Sorry! Link:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/single-reason-why-some-people-cant-write-according-glenn-leibowitz

Paul
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