Posted by Dr. Science on 09/21/2011 in
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Nowadays, most authors use word processors to write their books. Are books written this way as intellectually nourishing as those written with natural, unprocessed words?
———- from James Barrick of Stonybook, NY
I remember the controversy over the use of processed words. Advocates believed processed words would reduce eye strain and stop book decay, while opponents believed that processed words would speed the spread of trashy novels and cause sterility in librarians. Much of this proved untrue, all of it unimportant. Processed words are to unprocessed words as diet soda is to regular soda – an empty substitute for something you probably shouldn’t bother with in the first place. Actually, word processing was invented so people who are mathematically inept would have something to do during the computer age. At any rate, words are inferior to numbers and should be ignored, unless of course the words are mine and are coming out of the radio. Thanks for asking.
