Plain Depth

 

“One should use common words to say uncommon things”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

 

I find myself of late having little patience with jargon. Don’t get me wrong, when speaking of technical things with others in your area of expertise then use what words you have available. However if you wish to communicate then use language that everyone present understands. Far too often I hear people using terms that only those ‘in the know’ can understand. What they communicate is not so much information about whatever subject they are discussing as information abou the way they see themselves. Which may be fascinating if that is the topic at hand but rarely is.
It is possible to convey the deepest of thoughts with the simplest of words. “Who is the Master who makes the grass green?”, “Light acts like a particle and a wave at the same time”,”Shared joy is increased, shared pain lessened.” Albert Einstein said famously “If you can’t explain it to a six year old, then you don’t understand it yourself” Yet, still in every field of endeavour you find people using the vocabulary of their field in order to hid rather than illuminate. Of these bricks, babel is made.
Blessings, G

 

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The ShaperThe Shaper by G A Rosenberg

 

Propagation of a MemePropagation in a Strange Medium by G A Rosenberg

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  1. In academia I think they’re often not trying to hide so much as to establish their elite status by their ability to confound and confuse us poor peons who fail to measure up to their specialness. At least that was my impression when in academia and arguing that we should write things so everyone can understand…

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