Do your labels suffer from “The Curse of Knowledge”?

In this article on the source of bad writing, Steven Pinker advocates for formative evaluation, without ever using that phrase.

The Source of Bad Writing

The ‘curse of knowledge,’ writes Steven Pinker, is the result of writers’ assuming readers understand the subject. This causes bad writing. Good explanations start with imagining what it’s like to be ignorant of a subject

 

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