> Everyone is striving for what's called maximum information density, communicating as much data with as few words as possible, and they do so in the jargon of

> Everyone is striving for what's called maximum information density, communicating as much data with as few words as possible, and they do so in the jargon of their respective fields of interest. The problem is, those that are not specialized in that field cannot decipher the language well enough to gain anything of use from their efforts at being succinct. Quite the contrary, the field of potential interest becomes even less appealing for having appeared so mentally taxing to parse. That sums up my frustration perfectly. When talking to the general public, information density is your enemy not your friend. I have been trying to get mathematicians to understand that for years but they almost unanimously actively refuse to do so. I can list the reasons as to why I believe they refuse to do so but one thing is clear in my mind: you don't understand a concept unless you can ELI5. For an expert to be able to dive into a dick measurement competition with his PhD friends about who can use the most fancy jargon possible is of no use to society. I just wish more people in the sciences could understand that!