Originally Posted by
BEagle
I'm with
Rhino power on this! Those who use words such as 'stochastic' in everyday speech are the sort of people who use biz-speak drivel such as "And, if we actually think outside the box and facilitate an idea shower with stakeholders, taking action forward together, we must be able to develop the holistic, cradle-to-grave approach of our challenges. Perhaps if we touch base offline and conversate the pre-plan when you have a window. Remember, my door is open on this issue, I’m still optimistic that, working with our strategic partners, the issues and challenges will feed through the service delivery pipeline."
What utter twaddle. I'm an engineer, not a manager. It's an engineering/scientific/mathematical word which is used to give a precise meaning that might otherwise take a few sentences to communicate.
Not knowing something isn't a crime - it just creates an opportunity to look it up and expand your understanding of the world around you. The
crime is having such a blinkered outlook that when you encounter something you haven't seen before you start jeering and bleating to mummy about the nasty man who is using words that aren't found in the vocabulary of one with a single-digit reading age.
So the "crime" is being "actively ignorant" - childishly refusing to learn stuff.
PDR