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Re:Stupidity is a specific cognitive failing by acituan on Monday August 09, 2021 @01:39PM (#28119786)
> Would you mind avoiding the tortured use of terminology from CS to describe what is not a CS problem?

You haven't mentioned which terminology you're talking about but assuming it is one of combinatorial explosion, compression, framing or heuristics; these are not computer science exclusive jargon, these are information processing terms, something both humans and computers do, and as such used in cognitive science contexts pretty extensively and correctly.

> This occurs too often on HN and often conceals gross misunderstanding behind a veneer of technical jargon.

Unless you're ready to point out what the gross misunderstanding was, your point is moot.

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