So what's the cause of bad writing?: @sapinker @WSJ explains why it's 'the curse of knowledge': http://on.wsj.com/1rmjgFj
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@sapinker: The Source of Bad Writing: The curse of knowledge http://on.wsj.com/1rmjgFj ”@AcademicsSay "opaque prose is a deliberate choice. "Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: Advice on writing is not so much advice on how to write as on how to revise. http://on.wsj.com/1rmjgFj ” Good reminder!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker You are clearly more intelligent than me but without reading your article, that is an obvious problem with all written works.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Source of Bad Writing: Curse of knowledge leads writers to assume their readers know e/thing they know http://on.wsj.com/1rmjgFjThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker great piece on bad writing "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" http://on.wsj.com/1rmjgFj ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Great insights; applicable beyond writing to design/creating in general. Thanks!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Do we have an 'instinct' to oppose our own freedom to read? http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/indexlibrorum.asp …
@sapinker http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/freedoms-curse/307046/ …pic.twitter.com/ZyJEz7pBhA
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@sapinker Thank you for this incredibly well-written, compelling article @ bad writing. Wkg daily with engineers, I'll referr to it often!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Don't assume .@ewallwice3
@JeffWice@BethNY@tklowenstein@ChrisClaytonDTN@GazetteNET MT@sapinker Bad Writing http://on.wsj.com/1rmjgFjThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: The Source of Bad Writing: curse of knowledge leads writers to assume their readers know everything.. http://on.wsj.com/1rmjgFj ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker patent writers take note. Looking forward to buying your book!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I usually try to write by assuming that readers are idiots. It may not be very PC, but fortunately they don't realize it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker @Lizamaemusic i speak like that. Good thought for me to realize.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Great piece, and so true. But the writer who over-informs, providing too much info, is just as bad. Key messaging is, well, key.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker The same applies to good or bad teachers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@RichardDawkins The Curse of bad writing is often the result of writers assuming we're all stupidThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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