Will_Newsome comments on Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 28 September 2010 06:06:21AM *  2 points [-]

I was thinking that, but then I unconsciously reasoned that it'd make it look like I'd actually intended this to be coherent, and I further unconsciously reasoned that if people thought that then they'd think less of my writing ability, so I left it in original form on purpose so that people would think of better of me. My unconscious is stupid. I'll add line breaks.

The thing is though, the text doesn't lend itself well to line breaks, so I just put them in at random. Francis Bacon had a giant one paragraph essay once about how knowledge is power, why can't I do it? Hmph.

Any why is that line breaks make text so much more readable, anyway? I think it just gives the illusion that what you're reading is intelligent and structured. Other hypotheses?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 September 2010 06:18:59AM 4 points [-]

I'm guessing that line breaks make it easier to keep track of which line you're on.