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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't really understand what the difference between the fixed and og version is.

The fixed version is slightly is better, I agree, but I wouldn't call it a necessary fix.

You are judging a field specialist(s) on basically their communication skills. We can't all structure sentences well, brainholes work differently, wording thoughts is hard.

It's a bit like bitching how a perfectly working shovel isn't ornate enough since if it was it would have been more pleasant to work with - it's prob true but it's such a low gain 'nice-to-have' feature people generally don't bother with it.

Imho narratives need to be pleasant and/or artistic, eg I expect a novel to be written good (tho absolutely not a huge point for me), I don't expect that from a game theory book, I expect it to be correct. (Another example might be how stupidity convoluted laws/contracts/t&a are written.)

What I kinda demand (only slightly irrationally or at least to an impractical extend) is that the subject is conveyed in an exact manner. I expect exact communicating overall.

And the og text you quoted is exact.

Oh ... and at both ends it's literacy - their (+to some extend whoever proofread it) literacy levels shows how eloquently they conveyed their data & thoughts, your literacy level shows how you though they are contradicting themselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You are judging a field specialist(s) on basically their communication skills.

"Carly Cassella is a Senior Journalist at ScienceAlert"

Or am I?

Also, it's not my fault that people goat all flustered about me simply pointing out that poor phrasing with "do they even proofread?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago

Oh, a journalist, then bitch on :D (no /s, after all, random bitching is a fair part of lemmy).

But I think people replied to your og message because of the (mis?)use of the word "contradictory", not because of the bitching as such.
(And Im mostly here bcs I like to understand myself, like what triggered you sceptically & how the same thing played in my mind)