I’m not surprised about getting pushback and the fact that choosing the title this way will have a certain emotional impact.
At the same time, the word skillfully wouldn’t do the job of describing the article better. If you have a problem with the word rational getting overloaded, overloading skillfully wouldn’t be better. I also don’t think “optimal” would do the job better either.
I meant my comment to be more tongue-in-cheek than I think it came across (I meant to edit in a smiley and forgot. :P)
I do think it’s good to avoid using the world rational the way it was here, but mostly just thought it was funny. (I do think “How to use a microphone during public speaking” is a totally reasonable title that doesn’t require any additional words)
I’m not surprised about getting pushback and the fact that choosing the title this way will have a certain emotional impact.
At the same time, the word skillfully wouldn’t do the job of describing the article better. If you have a problem with the word rational getting overloaded, overloading skillfully wouldn’t be better. I also don’t think “optimal” would do the job better either.
“How to correctly use a microphone during public speaking”
“How to use a microphone during public speaking”
“How to hold a microphone when speaking in public”
“How to use a microphone and not look like a total noob while doing it”
“Everything you ever needed to know about using a microphone while speaking in public, but were afraid to ask”
etc.
I meant my comment to be more tongue-in-cheek than I think it came across (I meant to edit in a smiley and forgot. :P)
I do think it’s good to avoid using the world rational the way it was here, but mostly just thought it was funny. (I do think “How to use a microphone during public speaking” is a totally reasonable title that doesn’t require any additional words)