"The scientists that I respect are scientists who work hard to be understood, to use language clearly, to use words correctly, and to understand what is going on. We have been subjected to a kind of word salad of scientific jargon, used out of context, inappropriately, apparently uncomprehendingly." – Richard Dawkins, in the video Dangerous Ideas - Deepak Chopra and Richard Dawkins, approximately 27 minutes in.
That's how I feel about a lot of technical communications: conference panels, presentations, and articles. An observed regularity: the better the researchers, the less they tend to go into "word salad of scientific jargon" mode.
