When I was younger I'd have said that how you write and what you say were as independent as shape and color. But that's not true.
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And if different writing styles make you say different things, that raises interesting questions.
Are there styles that make you smarter, or more honest? Because if so you should consciously seek them out.
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It's called poetry
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ah, but if they simultaneously make you less persuasive and popular, what then?
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Then the two criteria form a Pareto front of optimal choices for different occasions.
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not only styles, language too. I don't think the same way in English and in French. Languages and styles create structure.
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Always worked for Brazilian businesses but I'm sure my everyday habit of writing about stuff in English changed my thinking.
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@paulg Writing form of communication. Comm extension of thinking. Thinking Fast and Slow#DanielKahneman -
2/2 Style(s) based on what needs to be communicated and to WHOM (Trump success an example of the "Whom").Styles nvr same across board
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Oh, this is interesting. Is anyone aware if people have looked at what impact changing one's style might have?
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@seb_ruder@paulg the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in linguistics is about this. Eg https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-strongest-evidence-for-and-against-the-Sapir-Whorf-hypothesis/answer/Chrys-Jordan?srid=k … - Show replies
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In college, I had a prof tell me to write like an academic. Emulate the style of course material. Applying that elsewhere works too.
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I did that without anyone telling me to, and the results were not good.
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