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The curse of knowledge is the chief contributor to opaque writing.

Drawn from what Steven Pinker said

Mental modelCurse of knowledge

On the topicWhich mental models should a designer think with?under our view: What you know is hard to unsee: borrow a newcomer's eyes, or your own after time away

What Steven Pinker actually said

  1. Steven Pinker by Cognitive scientist and author at Harvard
    I think the curse of knowledge is the chief contributor to opaque writing,

    Where this was said

    ↗The Curse of Knowledge: Pinker Describes a Key Cause of Bad Writing (APS Observer, report of his APS lecture)psychologicalscience.org

    by 30 Jul 2015

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