You don’t even necessarily do it on purpose, sometimes entire groups simply drift into doing it as a result of trying to up each other in trying to sound legitimate and serious (hello, academic writing).
Yeah, I suspect some intellectual groups write like this for that reason: not actively trying to trick people into thinking it’s more profound than it is, but a slow creep into too much jargon. Like a frog in boiling water.
Then, when I look at their writing, it seems needlessly intelligible to me, even when it’s writing designed for a newcomer. How do they not realize this? Maybe the water just feels warm to them.
Yeah, I suspect some intellectual groups write like this for that reason: not actively trying to trick people into thinking it’s more profound than it is, but a slow creep into too much jargon. Like a frog in boiling water.
Then, when I look at their writing, it seems needlessly intelligible to me, even when it’s writing designed for a newcomer. How do they not realize this? Maybe the water just feels warm to them.