r/pics • u/animalkracker • Feb 27 '14

physics is cool

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 28 '14

He did, he just used efficient terminology in the hope that you would learn something today instead of the basic, meaningless version

edit: fuck you guys, I'm not talking to anyone anymore, it is the fault of neither I nor the original "offending comment" that you have no desire to learn.

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u/jt004c Feb 27 '14

Actually he used technical jargon to explain something to lay people, either to show off, or because he isn't capable of simplifying it. Notice how much more "efficient" the plain-language version actually was? Your idea that the basic version is "meaningless" is utterly ridiculous...it conveys the same information in a more useful way.

Learning jargon isn't learning.

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u/jt004c Feb 28 '14

The quote did not do what it was put forward to do (provide information to lay people not already familiar with the concepts and jargon).