Feynman's reputation for this is notable because it is rare There are many people just as smart as Feynman when it comes to science who are not as good at writing in a casual breezy tone as he was, and therefore are not as famous
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This honesty is what I find missing whenever I talk to people in this field. I understand your reasoning, just know that this obfuscation also has the side effect of people not taking it seriously.
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Specialized terms of art are not "obfuscation" Again, this is a form of devaluing the work being done in the field People working out ideas with their peers aren't obligated to do it as a performance for a lay audience, it wouldn't help them with their work
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We already tend to downplay the importance of social science in our society and prioritize hard sciences. And this obfuscation doesn't help change that mindset.
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It doesn’t help that there are people (I’m looking at you, Deepok Chopra) who hijack the (necessarily incomplete & not-quite-correct) popular explanations of physicists to bolster their non physical views of the world, often generating huge amounts of total drivel.
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