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Nice tale of emergent behaviors in Minecraft. Still, I couldn't read this part without wincing: "The more intelligent of you reading this article have also pro
by codingthebeach 15y ago
Nice tale of emergent behaviors in Minecraft. Still, I couldn't read this part without wincing:
"The more intelligent of you reading this article have also probably noticed something similar to my various observations."
Say "more observant", say "the astute reader will have probably noticed", or better yet say "more Minecraft-obsessed" but never say "more intelligent". If as a writer you're going to assume stupidity or laziness, you MUST assume it for yourself only. And adding the word "various" in that spot just makes it worse. Strunk and White to the rescue...
- ramchip 15y agoThe author is in high school. That may explain a certain immaturity in the writing and reasoning here.
- jarin 15y agoI don't understand why so many people are upset about this in the comments. Was he addressing you personally?
- Raphael 15y agoObservation is an activity of the intelligent.