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What does it mean?
Sociology invented jargon that was immediately useless, described as a dead language from birth.
In plain terms
Sociologists made up confusing terms that no one understood.
What can you take from it?
Jargon can obscure meaning immediately.

Where it applies

  • academia
  • professional discourse

Putting it to work

  • simplify academic language
  • avoid unnecessary jargon

Questions to consider

  • Does jargon help or hurt?
  • How do you write clearly?

Another view

Some technical terms are needed in science.

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