Re: On Writing: "The Curse of Knowledge"
Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Paul Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Great article! By coincidence, today I read Learning From the Feynman Technique: https://medium.com/taking-note/learning-from-the-feynman-technique-5373014ad230 which explains how the great Richard Feynman overcame the problems Pinker described. Valorie