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A New York Times blind study found 65% of readers preferred Claude AI's rewrite of Carl Sagan over Sagan's original. While AI produces cleaner, more digestible writing, it flattens complex logical progressions that make great writing memorable — reducing "one plus one equals three" moments into predictable, straightforward conclusions.
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