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Sounds like a paradox of competence.

• thaumasiotes 4y ago
  Well, there's more than one relevant sense of "competence". Competence in the sense of acquired skills can be harmful to (introductory) tech writing, because experts pay attention to different things than beginners do. Competence in the sense of intelligence is helpful, and was called for explicitly in your parent comment: >> ask really good questions along the way
  • Mezzie 4y ago
    Exactly. The competence is in knowing which questions to ask. That knowledge comes from a deep and intimate understanding as to not only how you (the individual) goes about solving problems, but how human beings in general approach problems. Then add in that you have to know how people (again, in general) react to learning they were wrong, how people make and change habits, etc. It's basically translating from systems-thinking to chaos ape.