> For most people, most life situations which require clear thinking have nothing to do with writing. The problem with "clear thinking" is that it is subjectiv

> For most people, most life situations which require clear thinking have nothing to do with writing. The problem with "clear thinking" is that it is subjective. I think Paul Graham and Leslie Lamport, have experienced something like this: when they sit down to write about a certain topic, they realize that their initial thoughts were not nearly clear enough, and after a number of iterations they became clearer and clearer. Most of us don't write essays, so we simply don't recognize this feeling.