26-09-2025, 08:27 PM
The laziness of the author is a question which arises when talking about repeated words. The purpose of filler words are to confuse and make it difficult for the decipherer to distinguish between the real words and the filler words. Producing filler words however requires effort. Ideally the encipherer wants to generate filler words with as little effort involved, but which also most effectively confuse the decipherer. These two goals act in opposition often. I think the repetitive nature of some of the filler text is as a result of the laziness of the author. I hope to exploit the author's laziness to distinguish between the filler words and real words. (Also it is in the interest of the author that when they read back the text they can spot which are filler words and which are real words easily, however this can be in opposition to the goal of making it as difficult as possible for the decipherer to read).