But on a more serious note: I’d imagine that a blog post about the ins and outs of your profession would read like stereo instructions to me. So, is there really much of a difference? Why is it surprising that a disciplinary conversation in English or Rhetoric or Philosophy seems extremely technical and confusing to an outsider? I wouldn’t expect to understand an extremely technical discussion of servers or circuits…

I actually think a large portion of my audience understood 99% of what I just said. I’m not trying to be overly complex. I’m just trying to be part of an ongoing scholarly discussion…and sometimes that requires technical language and difficult ideas.