[ddingus]

Good.

One is not always required.

Given the current cost and state of education, it is rational to expect people to persue alternatives.

[otherworld]

Good grief. This comment is its own rebuttal.

[technofiend]

Lol. I've known plenty of well-educated engineers who couldn't spell worth a damn.

[vinni2]

May be English was not their native language? I also know some people who are extremely smart but have poor English skills.

[ebcode]

That just begs the question if they were really all that "well-educated".

[ddingus]

I use mobile a lot. Voice to text very frequently.

Having conversations here, elsewhere, is not worth the same level of investment as other writing can be.

In casual conversation, content, the ideas, intent are primary. Those have very high value. Minor gaffes, grammar and other bits?

Near zero.

Not everyone can roll that way.

Oh well. I won't tell anyone what to do, but will suggest the idea of taking conversational writing differently than formal writing will yield dividends.

Has for me.

In this case, a greater cost is now present in the form of a meta discussion that does not add any real value otherwise.

Inefficient, and can be offputting.

I advise you to take care, and take it easy where you can. Bet your ass I am.

;D

[aries1980]

> In casual conversation, content, the ideas, intent are primary. Those have very high value. Minor gaffes, grammar and other bits?

Try to explain this to a compiler. ;)

[ddingus]

Totally. Maybe one day when we get real AI, we can do just that.