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I think it was also in general, he didn’t like how people used big words to fake knowledge, and use them as a replacement for knowledge. > Or his questioning o
by argd678 7y ago
I think it was also in general, he didn’t like how people used big words to fake knowledge, and use them as a replacement for knowledge.
> Or his questioning of space shuttle engineers: ''They kept referring to the problem by some complicated name - a 'pressure-induced vorticity oscillatory wa-wa,' or something. I said, 'Oh, you mean a whistle!' 'Yes,' they said; 'it exhibits the characteristics of a whistle.' ''
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