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Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Faculty Discusses Financial Future | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

...complex issue involving aid to Poland’s then-military regime. “The monosyllabic words that conjure images immediately [have] stuck in my memory,” Pinker said. He also explained the importance of clarity in order to break through the “needless obfuscation?? found in science and humanities papers, which Pinker blamed on academics’ laziness, insularity, and compulsion to establish their identity in a privileged group. Conciseness was particularly useful for Pinker during his February appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report...

Author: By Benjamin M. Jaffe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pinker Explains the Psychology of Writing | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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