G and J, OK. I will stipulate that Pinker has a point if you will stipulate that Pinker is a smug jerk. Pinker does seem to be reaching for general principles of good style, as opposed to rules of thumb. I should try to get over the hair and listen to what he says.
N Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of jon zingale Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion ... and just for additional fun, Glen recently posted this video of Stephen Pinker on style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5J6BfToSw&feature=youtu.be&t=1455 The link above is queued to the moment where Strunk and White recommend (while using the passive voice) avoiding the passive voice. -- Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
