Forget ending a sentence in a preposition, my pet peeve is with the mal-appropriation of words from my own field for the purpose of bilking folks out of their hard earned cash. How can I explain this? Imagine that some one is making money by providing a poor quality service. Further imagine that this person is claiming to have the endorsement of your profession.
XKCD does a better job of illustrating the problem with the mal-appropriation of terms from physics for the selling of what is essentially snake oil.
Sure it is fraud but you still suffer from the natural suspicions of those who were taken advantage of because of their ignorance. That suspicion make alleviating that ignorance so much more difficult.
posted by Y.H.N.
XKCD does a better job of illustrating the problem with the mal-appropriation of terms from physics for the selling of what is essentially snake oil.
Sure it is fraud but you still suffer from the natural suspicions of those who were taken advantage of because of their ignorance. That suspicion make alleviating that ignorance so much more difficult.
posted by Y.H.N.
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