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Basically, if the author is totally un-educated, then the text won't bring out his best. Normal, educated people always understand that. But here's the thing__hen the author is very highly-educated, the result is the same: the text turns out sub-par. Like if Charybdis was an uneducated cannibal, and Scylla was a sophisticated gourmand.Real literature snakes between the two. Like Hera's hair.
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Basically, if the author is totally un-educated, then the text won't bring out his best. Normal, educated people always understand that. But here's the thing__hen the author is very highly-educated, the result is the same: the text turns out sub-par. Like if Charybdis was an uneducated cannibal, and Scylla was a sophisticated gourmand.Real literature snakes between the two. Like Hera's hair.

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