DandomRude@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMost things are not too complicated to explain, but are deliberately made more complicated than they actually are.message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down137
arrow-up1-22arrow-down1message-squareMost things are not too complicated to explain, but are deliberately made more complicated than they actually are.DandomRude@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareXantar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 months agoI don’t think it’s a deliberate thing to use technical jargon you’re used to. It’s just that you’re used to it so your brain thinks everyone does too. It’s not a matter of ill intent but just a lack of pedagogy.
minus-squareToday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoIt is in your brain and it usually more accurately describes something, but also is sometimes used purposely to encourage the recipient to educate themselves.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·6 months agoI guess most do it because they are used to. But some really do it because they think they are better and do not want to “go down to that level”.
I don’t think it’s a deliberate thing to use technical jargon you’re used to. It’s just that you’re used to it so your brain thinks everyone does too.
It’s not a matter of ill intent but just a lack of pedagogy.
https://xkcd.com/2501/
It is in your brain and it usually more accurately describes something, but also is sometimes used purposely to encourage the recipient to educate themselves.
I guess most do it because they are used to. But some really do it because they think they are better and do not want to “go down to that level”.