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Subject: Re: Writing, programming, music and mechanics
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Date: Fri, 20-Jun-86 11:15:55 EDT
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Summary: Clear writing --> Clear thinking

Ken Perlow has written:

> If you can't write it right, you can't think it right.
> 
and

> A person who can write clearly can think clearly.  And a person who
> can think clearly is dangerous. 

While it is true that "A person who can write clearly can [in most
cases] think clearly, Perlow's first statement is wrong.  The ability
to write is a skill that can be improved with instruction and
practice.  While the ability to think (clearly) is an important
prerequisite to the ability to write, it is only naivete, snobbery, or
the inability to think clearly that would lead one to eroneously
conclude that, "if you can't write it right, you can't think it
right."

--
Neil Iscoe
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Neil Iscoe
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