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I wonder if people are aware how turgid and impenetrable is their prose. Does the person who wrote this understand that they are incapable of communicating eff
by zelienople 6y ago
I wonder if people are aware how turgid and impenetrable is their prose.
Does the person who wrote this understand that they are incapable of communicating effectively? Do they do it anyway to prove some kind of point that is tangential to the main one? Is there some sort of secondary gain involved in being unclear?
In short, is the author getting some sort of self-aggrandizement out of explaining things poorly, or are they just incompetent?
- nateroling 6y agoWhat?
- mtVessel 6y agoUnaware, is my bet. The vast majority of technical writing, both online and in print, is either dumbed down beyond utility, or utterly incomprehensible. Communication is a specific skill, and vanishingly few have expertise in a given field, and the ability to promote those ideas.
- twic 6y agoThe author's audience is other "rationalists". His goal is to boost his standing with them. I imagine the style is very effective at this.