11-16-2017, 09:44 AM
For the first, you can assume that I write at a college level and can read at a master's or doctoral level. For me, reading such material is something of a treat. Of course there are highly-technical materials
For the second, some people just never learn the basic mechanics of writing. Some people try to add clever touches to their banal writing in an effort to look brilliant; it does not work.
For the third, one needs a powerful justification to write and offer difficult material to others to read. An attempt to convince others of expertise that one does not have by writing incoherent, incomprehensible stuff as evidence that one is smarter than the reviewer suggests academic fraud.
It is telling that for most uses, a junior-high level of communication is adequate. These forums are a prime example.
For the second, some people just never learn the basic mechanics of writing. Some people try to add clever touches to their banal writing in an effort to look brilliant; it does not work.
For the third, one needs a powerful justification to write and offer difficult material to others to read. An attempt to convince others of expertise that one does not have by writing incoherent, incomprehensible stuff as evidence that one is smarter than the reviewer suggests academic fraud.
It is telling that for most uses, a junior-high level of communication is adequate. These forums are a prime example.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.