But, I suspect, for most people the world is a strange and mysterious place, governed by principles they do not understand, which affect them severely but cannot be controlled, only coped with as best as possible.
The world is a strange and mysterious place, governed by principles we do not understand, which affect us severely but cannot be controlled, only coped with as best as possible. People that think otherwise might not be as smart as they consider themselves to be.
I do agree with the overall point. Jargon can be used to simplify communication by using a language all parties understand, or to mask the fact that the speaker has no idea what they're talking about. But I take issue with the argument that everything can be described in a simple way. To quote Feynman, "If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize".
The world is a strange and mysterious place, governed by principles we do not understand, which affect us severely but cannot be controlled, only coped with as best as possible. People that think otherwise might not be as smart as they consider themselves to be.
I do agree with the overall point. Jargon can be used to simplify communication by using a language all parties understand, or to mask the fact that the speaker has no idea what they're talking about. But I take issue with the argument that everything can be described in a simple way. To quote Feynman, "If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize".