"Write plainly to make ideas spread faster Tao contrasts Darwin and Newton on the speed with which their equally revolutionary ideas were adopted: Darwin "wrote in English, in natural language, didn"t use equations," synthesized disparate facts into a compelling narrative, and saw his ideas spread rapidly; Newton "wrote in Latin, invented entire new areas of mathematics just to explain what he was doing," and it "was only a couple decades after Newton where other scientists explained his work in much simpler terms that they became widespread.' If you want an idea to gain traction — in a memo, a pitch, or a paper — write it in the plainest language possible before translating it into technical notation. Source: Terence Tao, Dwarkesh Podcast, Terence Tao – Hardest Math Problems, AI's Limits, and Scientific Progress"