> deemphasises the benefit of careful thinking. This may be a bit of a tangent, but that reminds me of what is, by my guess, a core flaw of the US Constitution

> deemphasises the benefit of careful thinking. This may be a bit of a tangent, but that reminds me of what is, by my guess, a core flaw of the US Constitution - it is deliberately written in a difficult to follow style (most notably, double inversions are slammed in everywhere). Even if the intent is to cause people to more carefully consider the subject matter, in the hopes that they come to a more accurate understanding, the literal effect of making information harder to access is that more energy is spent trying to access that information. In turn, the likelihood of errors in the course of accessing that information increases. addendum: It's good to make things less error-prone.