Steven Pinker calls it the “the curse of knowledge”. I noticed the behavior at the university, many professors seriously underestimated the amount of time requi

Steven Pinker calls it the “the curse of knowledge”. I noticed the behavior at the university, many professors seriously underestimated the amount of time required to learn chemistry or the lack of background most students had on what is “common knowledge” among students. The authors believe that their audience already knows most of their vocabulary and are familiar with the same technologies. Additionally, authors underestimate the amount it takes to learn something they are familiar with. Pinker believes that this behavior results in bad prose, by extension tutorials of poor quality.