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Brevity Burns
August 21, 2023 at 9:09 pm
Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in everything said briefly something embryonic, not without censuring the author for having served him up such immature and unripened fare. - Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. - Nietzsche
Gobbledygook is long-winded tripe.
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 8:40 am
Sometimes being longwinded is the best way to convey a point or educate a child or change an attitude or impress a girl.
Other times brevity is best.
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 12:09 pm
(August 21, 2023 at 10:14 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: (August 21, 2023 at 9:09 pm)MarcusA Wrote: Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in everything said briefly something embryonic, not without censuring the author for having served him up such immature and unripened fare. - Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. - Nietzsche
Gobbledygook is long-winded tripe.
Sabine Hossenfelder has a YouTube channel titled "Science Without The Gobbledygook".
Good stuff, but her videos end up being too short for my commute.
So, you object to people who give vent to their loquacity via extraneous bombastic circumlocution?
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 12:18 pm
Whether brevity is good or poor communication depends on what you're trying to convey.
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 12:21 pm
Brevity burns but kerosine ignites.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 1:20 pm
Brevity has it's place, so does meticulous instruction. Sweeping generalizations, even brief ones and prolix ones, are of limited use and can easily confuse.
But I've said enough.
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RE: Brevity Burns
August 22, 2023 at 1:23 pm
If brevity be the soul of love, play on Macduff.
