Logos01 comments on Less Wrong and non-native English speakers - Less Wrong
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I wonder if our habit of dissecting the meanings of the terms we use has any impact on the readability of our more "intuitionally distant" (unfamiliar / obscure / highly-technical ) concepts for people such as yourself.
Well that depends on what you mean by readability, you (I) have to put in a lot more effort to understand some arguments, but since people usually refer to other posts it's often possible to follow someones reasoning to a greater degree in comparison to other forums/blogs I have encountered. But doesn't that go for native English speakers as well?
I think expressing yourself in proper LW-lingo is a bigger problem for non-native English speakers than actually fully grasp the arguments. Edit: That might go without saying, writing a good book is harder than reading one.