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This is a long spiel to justify refusing trying to communicate in an effective manner. I understand the concept of professionals recognizing the quality standar
by ForTheKidz 2y ago
This is a long spiel to justify refusing trying to communicate in an effective manner. I understand the concept of professionals recognizing the quality standards others put forward, but at some point you've got to care if you even come of as sensical to non-professionals if you want to communicate to them. This necessarily implies a reaction to something not being "but they misused the word gene!!!".
- derefr 2y agoIt doesn't matter when lay people misuse professional jargon. It matters when professionals speaking to lay people misuse professional jargon. (As was what was being pointed out as wrong about the OP article — it is professional writing, from the PR department of a university!) In other words, it's about "those who know" being a role model for correct usage by "those who don't know." (Why bother? Because then people are more likely to come into the profession with an understanding of the concept that's at least compatible with teaching them the model; rather than having an understanding of the model so debased that they need to actively unlearn it before they can learn the correct model.)
- ForTheKidz 2y ago> It matters when professionals speaking to lay people misuse professional jargon. Who is the grand arbiter of whether or not use this use is "misuses" or, perahs "correct", whatever that means—the professionals, or the lay people?