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"Therefore, why assume anything. Why not just hand the reader as much
as you
can."
Hey, why even assume that your audience can read? Use hieroglyphics for
the illiterate.
But now we're assuming that our audience can see.
Hmmm...better record everything you know onto a tape, then send the tape
out.
Uh-oh, now we're assuming that our audience know how to use a tape deck.
Hmmm...okay, write a manual explaining how to use a tape deck.
Oh no, wait...
