THE CODE ISSUE 4
Duda Owner IONOS • July 2, 2015
Here is another one of my favorite quotes from the special double issue of Bloomberg Businessweek on computer coding (Paul Ford, “The Code Issue”, 6/15/15–6/28/15, p. 27):
“ One study by a researcher at the University of Hawaii found that 88 percent of spreadsheets contain errors. ”
That one almost reminds me of the proverbial:
“ 29% of all statistics are wrong. ”
Go figure.

We explore the overuse or inappropriate use of the words "honest," "honesty," and "honestly." Much of the overuse or inappropriate use of these words is in contexts that intrinsically message the audience that the speaker is not trustworthy. I call the overuse or inappropriate use of these words in this context HONESTY VALIDATORS because the speaker believes they validate the truth being spoken. We need a solution to this problem. My solution is to replace these honesty validators with CLARITY VALIDATORS. Instead of trying to be honest, try to be clear. Replacing "honest," "honesty," and "honestly," with "clear," "clarity," and "clearly," produces significantly more benefit to the speaker and to the audience.










