Peer reviewing

[A. Katz]

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010, Daniel Everett wrote:

> 
> If two people read your point and don't get it, then *you*, not they, are at fault.
>

The above statement can't possibly be univerally true. I'm sure we've all 
had the experience of making a point, and stating it very clearly, and 
having two other people not understand.

It's not the number of people who understand a statement that determines 
ultimately whether it is well drafted, falsifiable or true.

I think the number of people who will not understand a point goes up in 
direct relation to how novel the assertion is. We have trouble parsing 
sentences we've never seen before.

Best,

     --Aya


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