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▲ misterchocolat 7 hours ago

Holy sentence... George Orwell must be turning in his grave right now.

▲vincent-uden 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A sentence isn't Orwellian just because you are unfamiliar with its terms. I though dynamical systems theory was quite common knowledge among engineers

▲andsoitis 6 hours ago | parent [-]

The issue is that you're talking in abstraction and it isn't clear what the concrete thing is you're thinking of. Bluntly: you're being obscure rather than illuminating.

For instance, with respect to this article, which is about test scores, how does dynamical systems theory describe what's going on or predict consequences?

▲lelanthran 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What do you think Orwellian language means?

▲misterchocolat 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Orwell's 6 rules for good writing:

1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.

3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.

5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Now you tell me

▲peri-cl 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think GP's was a reference to Politics and the English Language (1946)—not "1984". An essay against convoluted writing styles.

https://www.fadedpage.com/link.php?file=20180223.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Langu...

▲johnfn 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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