nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqju6stx4s0fhxl06ukssuhwdw6pc6s0sw0y3f6n5na0xyd8y0emds50f50z (nprofile…f50z) nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmfmdfndfqdudmg5xd7gya804hlt9qwcgfwv5l8e7rf9nm39q6sxq24vrsc (nprofile…vrsc) Spotting paragraphs in a document where I forgot to put a period at the end doesn't make me less creative. It doesn't damage my reasoning ability.
This is a very weird thing to believe.
Can you explain to me how you think using a spellchecker makes me a worse writer?
Is that only true if the spellchecker uses this form of statistical inference? Or have all the spellcheckers I've used to write 30+ books also make me worse at writing?
Cory Doctorow
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2026-07-23 09:48:18 UTC
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