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dumbing sideways

created by tim_three

(idea) by tim_three (3.7 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Thu Feb 10 2000 at 2:32:36

Idea that technical and jargon-filled materials can be transliterated into a more readable format without dumbing down.

This might be accomplished by rewriting the texts in a more literary or conversational fashion--developing analogies to commonly understood items. Producing anecdotes, metaphors, and illustrations.

Hell, simplification and focus may be called dumbing down, but a single idea, presented well, may be just what the doctor ordered.


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Whatever, Mortal Quantum mechanics dumbing down Giordano Bruno
metaphor technical writing Recuperation Simplification
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