@brembs@PessoaBrain@knutson_brain
Absolutely on that - if we don't have words, we need to create them; your examples are great illustrations. The heart of my question is really: if we already have colloquial words for things, is there value in giving them scientific terms that mean the same thing?
If we are concerned that a word might be used in a confusing way that has multiple definitions, is it better to give it a new word? Or just more clearly define what we mean? (Or give it a modifier like for causality, causal production?).
I worry when scientists use mysterious terms to refer to things everyone is familiar with (like affect for emotion/mood). It's alienating. And I wonder: what's the value there.