Yes, proofreading one's own writing is a low-yield process. Your
brain knows what you meant, and so you tend to see that, rather than
what's actually printed. You need to have other humans look at it,
preferably ones that are generally familiar with the subject, but
not so familiar that they, too, would know what was meant, rather
than what's on the page.
And even then, errors leak through the sieve. Filters have finite
stopband attenuation.
--Tom
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Prof. Thomas H. Lee
Allen Ctr., Rm. 205
350 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4070
On 9/3/2022 14:41, Caesar Valenti
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I just got a short email from him. He has seen or comments about
typos on Amazon. I can ask next time I see him.
What page was it on...so I can find it quickly?? My book is at
work so I can't check now.
Having written lots of documentation myself, I am always amazed at
how I can read something multiple times and still not see some
glaring error.? I can't imagine how much proofreading went into
that very complex book...and they still missed a lot.? I guess
that is what 2nd editions are for!
