The gulf between correctness and understanding

The traditional preoccupation with `correctness´ and `clarity´ in technical writing frequently goes hand in hand with a neglect of the reader´s point of view which results in publications of such poor quality that instead of admiring them one should consider them unacceptable. Robert Pirsig´s `Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance´ includes an exploration of this problem and a reexamination of the relationship between `objectivity´ and quality.