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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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"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."
— Stephen Jay Gould

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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. — Stephen Jay Gould

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Stephen Jay Gould was a Scientist from United States (1941–2002).

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Stephen Jay Gould lived from 1941 – 2002.