I’ve developed an allergy to using the right buzzwords in the wrong order, or overusing them with the intent to convey a false sense of expertise. I wrote an article about this and pinned it to the right menu on my blog a few years ago but I’ve been observing this phenomena since the beginning of my engineering career.
I believe experts should explain difficult problems without resorting to lingo, adjusting their language according to their audience. If they don’t, we can’t really distinguish an expert from a bullshitter.
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I wonder if this is an AI or real cat photo.
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Looks a bit like a plush toy. White long hair. But it’s a cat, not AI slop.
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it’s real
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The cat looks like the sensei, filled with wisdom.
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Most cats are busy sending signals that they’re not a threat, which in their case means they’re looking away. As a result, you get all these photos of cats, looking disinterested.
In cat language, this is more of a ‘I won’t hurt you if you don’t hurt me’.
This particular cat came for pets.
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That is so sweet. Not everyone is friendly.
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As a scientist who works in environmental engineering. I think that if you can’t explain something without using buzzwords (or as few as possible), you are typically a bullshitter. And there are *a lot* of acronyms and jargon in environmental engineering — and some people in this field assume you keep up with all of them, especially in their pet fields of interest.
Same goes for people who use 45-cent words when a 5-cent word works just fine. I am oh so very impressed that when someone uses “lepidopterist”, but it doesn’t require an audience to have a dictionary if they say “butterfly collector” instead.
Nice kitty.
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Exactly! With the exception that if everyone around the table is a butterfly collector, using the Latin term I think is okay. But when these terms drop out of nowhere onto an unsuspecting victim, not cool.
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Yep, then it seems appropriate. But sitting around chatting at a party? Even when writing a technical memo or an email to a client, I always assume they prefer non-technical language unless the situation demands it. And then I often define it for them unless I am 100% certain they know the term.
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