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Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs (news.cornell.edu)

submitted 16 hours ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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YA THINK?

“Corporate bullshit is a specific style of communication that uses confusing, abstract buzzwords in a functionally misleading way,” said Littrell, a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences. “Unlike technical jargon, which can sometimes make office communication a little easier, corporate bullshit confuses rather than clarifies. It may sound impressive, but it is semantically empty.”

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Is there a scientific term for the branch of inquiry dedicated towards proving the obvious? Besides "science".

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 15 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

You would be surprised at how much "common sense" has been disproved by science.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

My favorite example is that for thousands of years, people thought heavy stuff fell faster. And Galileo dropped two balls of similar size and different weight, and people went "da fuque?"

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Common sense is just "I assume everyone assumes that…"

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 0 points 15 hours ago

No shit. Wait! That's it! Cornell's "noshitologists" have discovered what reasonable people already realized.

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago

Science is probing the obvious. Proving the obvious, dunno if that's called something in particular.