Archive for May, 2010

Thoughts about literacy + Sketchdump 03

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

For a very long time I had believed (I have believed?) that there was some intrinsic value to language used well. An idea expressed clearly and well seemed more believable or persuasive or true or than one half-formed orĀ  blurted out incoherently. But this assumption of mine is only an assumption. It hasn’t been subject to cross-examination or logical analysis. I realize now that I’ve not tested it. (more…)