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This was an attempt to as literally and as thoroughly as possible answer the sort of question which I had, by this point, been asked many, many, many times. I’m glad that we continue to be, for the most part, products of unskilled labor.
Distrust That Particular Flavor
William Gibson
The curse of knowledge is the single best explanation of why good people write bad prose. It simply doesn’t occur to the writer that her readers don’t know what she knows—that they haven’t mastered the argot of her guild, can’t divine the missing steps that seem too obvious to mention, have no way to visualize a scene that to her is as clear as day. And so the writer doesn’t bother to explain the jargon, or spell out the logic, or supply the necessary detail.
The Source of Bad Writing
Steven Pinker
The nurture assumption is not a truism; it is not even a universally acknowledged truth. It is a product of our culture—a cherished cultural myth. In the remainder of this chapter I will tell you where it came from and how I came to question it.
The Nurture Assumption
Judith Rich Harris and Steven Pinker
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