Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Did you think I wouldn't recognize this compromise, am I just too stupid to realize?

Now it's time to share some tips on how to write, as given to me by my advisor:

"Simplification is always good. You should assume* that the people who are reading your work are stupider than you."

I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or an insult.








*And people wonder why scientists tend to be arrogant. With training like that, how can we help it?

6 comments:

jiggins said...

Well I tend to agree.. and while I am no great writer - it helps to imagine that I am writing for a group of 5th graders.. they are smart you know :) They have their own game show!

Jenny said...

My Mister scored a perfect 800 in math (twice) on his SATs... and can't put together a complete sentence to save his life... so I understand.

Happy Thanksgiving Native!

steph said...

...stale incense, old sweat, and lies, lies, lies!

happy thanksgiving!

Manuel said...

what a dick....should have smacked him....

h said...

It's sound advice although he could have been kinder in his choice of adjectives.

mindy said...

Does the same thing go for writing on your blog?