[lbo-talk] Jargon in Science

[Wojtek S]

Jordan: "The usual problem with using jargon is that jargon is -- by
definition! -- a shared shorthand that exists within a specific
context. So if the person you're jargon'ing isn't part of that
context, either you've been sloppy in using un(der-)defined
terminology; or you're using your "inside knowledge" as a weapon
against them."

[WS:]  This sums it up quite nicely.  I would only add one more reason
for using jargon, obfuscation of the weakness of one's own position -
due either to objectively weak (= unable to explain empirical
phenomena) science (e.g. economics), or to personal inability to
formulate a convincing rational argument on the subject matter at
hand.

Wojtek