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regarding the (anti)intellectual discussion:

if you are talking directly to someone(s), then clarifications can always be made/requested on the spot.

if you are talking to some abstract "audience" - meaning any kind of public speaking or published writing - then *know your audience*. if you are trying to introduce people to concepts they may not be familiar with, you might want to explain them in terms that do not require an encyclopedia on hand.

when academics/intellectuals use academic language, it just serves to reinforce the "preaching to the choir" mentality.

decide why you are saying/writing what you are, and who you want to hear/read it. then decide how to say/write it.

unless you just don't give a shit. in which case who cares.