[avgcorrection]

Cognitive load is such a technical term. You don’t want to (and probably cannot) hold 30 different things in your mind at the same time. That’s pretty obvious.

Programmers have such an affinity for technical-sounding terms.

[michaelcampbell]

It's a fairly well established term. But then, I'm a developer so maybe it's just in my context/reality.

[avgcorrection]

Pretty sure that’s what I said.

[michaelcampbell]

Also, from TFA:

> Cognitive load is a concept from cognitive psychology, originally developed by John Sweller, that is generally discussed in relation to learning.

Not to mention the bulk of the article deals with cognitive load, as taken from psychology. Not "programmer" invented at all.