Timeline for The use of words such as "clearly", "obviously" etc. in a technical paper
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 13:44 | comment | added | JRN | This reminds me of Daniel Oppenheimer's paper “Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly” which won the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature. His one-line acceptance speech: “Conciseness is interpreted as intelligence, so thank you.” | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 4:33 | comment | added | hunter2 | Ah, neat. We do have similar, eg "Still water runs deep." | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 4:23 | comment | added | user4511 | @hunter2: I think what I mentioned is a Russian adage. | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 3:54 | comment | added | hunter2 | I thought it was "Brevity is the soul of wit". | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 0:13 | comment | added | JRN | +1 for "it follows that ...". Instead of saying "obvious" or "clear," I just say "it can be seen that ..." or "thus, ..." | |
| Jun 27, 2013 at 16:56 | history | answered | user4511 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |