Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: deej@cds8613.Cadence.COM (Jim Howard)
Subject: Re: Why all the jargon?
Message-ID: <1991Jul29.180844.321@cadence.com>
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Reply-To: deej@cds8613.Cadence.COM (Jim Howard)
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, San Jose
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 91 18:08:44 GMT

>From LRH:
    "One of the biggest barriers to learning a new subject is its
nomenclature, meaning the set of terms used to describe the things
it deals with.  A subject must have accurate labels which have exact
meanings before it can be understood and communicated.
   "If I were to describe parts of the body as 'thingamabobs' and
'whatsernames,' we would all be in a confusion, so the accurate
naming of something is a very important part of any field..."

    The jargon is necessary in most cases because there just IS no
other precise terminology available.

         ~ deej ~              | (If I were expressing Cadence's opinions, )
Jim Howard -- deej@cadence.com | (they'd probably make me wear a tie...    )
                        Flames cheerfully ignored.
"Do you feel more like you do now than you did when you first got here?" -- ???