The condition of technician is called technicality . It can be said, in this framework, that technicality is linked to mastering or executing a technique : a set of resources and actions that allow the development of an artistic or scientific practice.
For example: «He is a highly technical chef who knows the chemical properties of all the ingredients he uses» , «The dancer showed off his technicality with an exceptional demonstration of his skills » , «I think that this actor does not have the necessary technicality to play a character with these characteristics .
The specialized words that are used in the language of a science , an artistic discipline , etc. are also called technicalities. A technicality, therefore, can be a word specific to a specific field of knowledge .
It is important to mention that technicalities are not part of colloquial language . This makes them, in general, difficult for ordinary people to understand: "I went to a lawyer to give me advice, but when he spoke he used so many technicalities that I understood almost nothing" , "Economists usually resort to technicalities and they do not allow the population to know what they are talking about," "The biologist presented an essay intended for the scientific community, with a large number of technicalities."
The use of technicalities can be extremely useful in a group of people who belong to the same field or profession, but annoying and disrespectful if used in front of those who cannot understand them. As mentioned in some of the examples above, it is common for certain professionals to use these specific words to confuse their clients, for example. There are also those who take advantage of them to show off their knowledge, and often receive envy in response from those around them.
Of course, among colleagues it can result in considerable time savings, in addition to providing greater fluidity in communication to resolve professional problems more efficiently.
There are thousands of technicalities, and no one knows them all, but within each category they are common and summarize in a word or a compound term different concepts whose definition has a much greater extension; For example, computer programmers may speak of "boolean" (read "b u leano") to refer to a data type that only accepts two values, which are generally represented by the labels "true." and "false", although the numbers "1" and "0" can also be assigned in certain languages.
If a programmer wants to suggest to one of his colleagues that he "use a boolean", he does not need to define the concept, since both understand it. Of course, if you later told your parents what happened in the office and they do not have programming knowledge , resorting solely to technicality would not allow them to understand the anecdote.
The idea of technicality also refers to a dialectical or expressive detail or twist that is used for a certain purpose: "The player avoided the sanction thanks to a technicality in the regulations," "I am not going to allow a murderer to be freed because of a technicality." legal» , «Insurers try to resort to technicalities to minimize their coverage when an accident occurs» .
In the field of philosophy , this term refers to a system in which technical knowledge and technology enjoy prominent trust compared to the rest of knowledge and are essential for the entire society. It began to be used throughout the Renaissance, a cultural movement that took place in the west of the European continent between the 15th and 16th centuries. Today, it is more present than ever through proposals such as prolonging life or even obtaining immortality by fusing our body with technological components .