well that much is clear, but being entirely qualitative arguments get clouded in jargon
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Replying to @david_colquhoun
ok but I'm still not sure why this is a problem per se. Somethings are qualitative. It's just the way things are.
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Replying to @o_guest
it's what Peter Lawrence calls complexification. Pretentious language for simple ideas. Like postmodernists
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Replying to @david_colquhoun @o_guest
Just try picking up a copy of Nature, read an article on nanotech or inorganic chem or geology. Massive jargon.
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No diff from sociology. These communities use the lang they need to talk to each other. They're not talking to you
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Not talking to me? the word "intersectional" was used on
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My partner queried it last night too - a term so common in some contexts you assume everyone knows it
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Yeah, but I still don't see a problem. e.g. nobody gets uptight about economics jargon in business news.
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Indeed - & this is a useful word, which expresses something clear succinctly. Worth people learning it!
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I actually use it a lot to describe my lived experiences so obviously I agree
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