Argument structure matters over accuracy when presenting information

• information is infinite and there's only so little we can take; the writers should take note of their target audience with the prerequisite knowledge and the average knowledge ceiling they're willing to take

• how we take information can change given the same information when structured differently; argument structure matters more

• one way to present information is to give an overview then slowly breaking the details down; a Start small and improve later-type of ideal

• while this point is applied mostly for roam:Writing and Note-taking introductory materials, this also works with technical documents with the benefit of being easier to be referenced in the future

• examples

  • CS50x is a computer science course presented with this in mind intended for people with absolute zero prequisite knowledge; the introduction to strings in C, for example, is a more specific example of this by presenting them first as another type then later breaking it down as an array (of characters) which is introduced later

  • Kurzgesagt is a channel that mostly does this especially given their video format; in fact, they even have a video relating to this point