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		glifchits on June 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computationa... In my opinion, you're one of the most entertaining and approachable writers on mathematical topics like QC. How did you get good at writing?

ScottAaronson on June 30, 2018 [–]

It’s funny: when Philip Roth passed away recently, I was rereading some of his stuff, and thinking to myself, “why am I so terrible at writing?”

If I have any tips, I guess they’d be bend-over-backwards honesty, willingness to make an ass of yourself, practice, and more practice.

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