Doug2 comments on Rationality and the English Language - Less Wrong

35 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 September 2007 10:55PM

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Comment author: Doug2 13 September 2007 01:22:32PM 0 points [-]

Amen! Wonderful post! I couldn't agree more.

I would also note that—larger philosophical issues aside—from a pure efficiency standpoint, the passive voice uses more words than the active voice to convey the same meaning, again confusing meaning.

Bravo on this post!