Papers

E' tempo di correggere papers, alas. Noam Shpancer,  professore di psicologia all'Otterbein College, dà agli studenti dei suggerimenti per scrivere dei buoni papers, evitando grandi sofferenze ai professori. Il suo articolo, "Seven Tips for Writing a Good Paper" è molto divertente, e utile, e decisamente da leggere. "Big words are often hollow. Like large bills, they are better to have than to use. Einstein said, 'Make everything as simple as possible, but not more so.' So think twice before you use 'existence' to mean 'life,' 'conceptualization' to mean 'idea,' 'human beings' to mean 'people.' And never, ever, use the word 'paradigm,' even if you know what it means. Moreover, unlike money, writing is not a 'more is better' proposition. More words can't make a bad essay better. They just make it longer". psychologytoday.

Sempre a proposito dello scrivere bene, uno studio ha dimostrato che le recensioni ben scritte in Internet attraggono più clienti - anche quando sono negative - di quelle scritte male: "According to Panos Ipeirotis, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business who studies consumer reviews on the Internet, the first review [quella scritta in modo corretto] will lure more travelers. In a recent blog post, Ipeirotis discussed his research showing that well-written reviews help sell products, even when the write-ups are negative". slate.