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Originally Posted by DNSB
As I mentioned in earlier posts, given the "science fiction" version of the text used (or more correctly, misused) several military terms, it makes it hard to decide what was the reason for the poorer comprehension. Prejudice against science fiction? Prejudice against the military? "I hate reading something where I have to remember or know what an airlock is?"
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In my case I was stuck trying to figure out if the author of the text actually had a coherent setting in mind and why they decided to use military titles. If I hadn't read the plain Jane text I'd likely have shown poorer comprehension if tested simply due to split attention. Who cares about a stupid person insulting the people he has to live with when I could be pondering why a waitress has military rank
