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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 May 2016

    People have much higher confidence in their understanding of something before trying to explain it than after.http://goo.gl/7yTEbG 

    11:08 AM - 12 May 2016
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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        (Trigger warning: If you write essays people respond to with tweets, reading this will bring back many painful memories.)

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      2. Sebastian‏ @skglas 12 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        I think it was in "Let over Lambda" where D. Hoyte stated "nobody really understands Macros", which made sense to me as a beginner

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 May 2016
        Replying to @skglas

        I understand macros. But I'd agree about doubly nested backquotes.

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      4. Sebastian‏ @skglas 12 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        ok :)

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      2. Anshu Śharma‏ @anshublog 12 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        There is no can opener to "understand". There's no chariot. There's no object you can label inc. Self. :) http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Anatta …

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      3. Anshu Śharma‏ @anshublog 12 May 2016
        Replying to @anshublog @paulg

        aka The tweet of an essay is not the essay. The essay is the essay. Also, headline of a news is not the news. Its a (false) label.

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      2. Luis Revilla‏ @LuisRevilla 12 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        this is why good, logic, honest, well-documented writing is so helpful –and difficult– to writers.

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      3. Michael Melissinos‏ @mmelissinos 12 May 2016
        Replying to @LuisRevilla @paulg

        you may consider trying to explain things using SVO-pb syntax. Subject Verb Object - Present tense, no "to-be" verbs.

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      4. Luis Revilla‏ @LuisRevilla 12 May 2016
        Replying to @mmelissinos

        Could you give me an example and a counter example?

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      5. Michael Melissinos‏ @mmelissinos 12 May 2016
        Replying to @LuisRevilla

        Paul's sentence is SVO-pb. Yours includes "is", which literally means "equals". So you say your subject equals your object.

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      6. Luis Revilla‏ @LuisRevilla 12 May 2016
        Replying to @mmelissinos

        I think I get it. "This is why good, honest writing helps –and tortures– writers so much".

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      7. Michael Melissinos‏ @mmelissinos 12 May 2016
        Replying to @LuisRevilla

        the word "is" absolves the subject of responsibility. "It is what it is" doesnt explain how "it" happened or who made it happen

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      1. Tara M.‏ @Parthenon1 16 May 2016
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        @TysonTrautmann @Meaningness We had that exact can opener when I was growing up.

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      1. Diego Guadarrama‏ @diego_livepost 13 May 2016
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        Cant agree with you 💯 on this one @paulg. I passed chem engineering trying to explain stuff i had no clue about 😂 @Meaningness

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      1. Yusuf C. Parak‏ @ycparak 12 May 2016
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        Makes me wonder what the world would be like if we were taught to recognize cognitive biases and flaws in our thinking from childhood

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      2. Deepak  🏎️ 🔩‏ @dmurthy 12 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @Meaningness I've found my understanding improves when I try to explain something using simple words & relating it to an example

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      3. Michael Melissinos‏ @mmelissinos 12 May 2016
        Replying to @dmurthy @paulg @Meaningness

        you may consider explaining things using SVO-pb syntax. Subject Verb Object - Present tense, no "to-be" verbs.

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      1. Jeff Thompson‏ @jwthomp 12 May 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Can you explain this to me? :)

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