tanstaafl
2007-10-09 09:55:10
There are several explanations for the increase in the use of the type of language you describe, “individual”, “learner” et al. and etc. ad infinitum ad nauseam
One is that it is distancing, an avoidance of personalization.
Another is the desire for a position, a viewpoint, someone’s 8 pages of “talking points” to have some kind of credibility, some scientific underpinning.
It’s a function of insecurity to not use real words, to rely, instead, on fake “scientism”.
We are, indeed, getting dumber and dumber.
