There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon.

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Stephen Jay Gould

Academics Before Ever Growing Jargon Most Much Professional Technical Than Then Trained Use Worse Writing

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