Helen Czerski on Nostr: When I was a physics undergraduate, my supervisor was known for writing "WORDS" and ...

When I was a physics undergraduate, my supervisor was known for writing "WORDS" and "DIAGRAMS" on everyone's work, because students tended not to explain what they/we were doing. This was good advice.

Today when marking, I'm forever writing "BE SPECIFIC", because there are plenty of words and diagrams, but OMG the content is often so vague and it's unclear whether there is any meaning at all. All puffed up and completely empty.

Is this what the internet and marketing speak has done to us?