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bogus comments on Irrationalism on Campus? - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: HalMorris 20 November 2014 07:17PM

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Comment author: bogus 20 November 2014 10:30:37PM *  2 points [-]

At worst, it's a continuation of the idea that writing in a style of a non-white cultures is somehow worse or less professional.

That's an interesting idea, actually. Is there any evidence that the peculiar writing featured in the article is actually a distinctive style as opposed to, for lack of a better term, "bad English"?

Comment author: HalMorris 20 November 2014 10:47:21PM 4 points [-]

That's a bit snarky, but yes, "correct style" may be arbitrary, but without it, we'd drift towards not being able to understand each other. All told, I think a professor (esp. in a thesis writing prep class) is expected to correct students' grammar, and this one was treated shabbily.

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