This is a very arrogant statement. Building a language barrier will not provide the financial support you need now and in the future.
It you cannot properly communicate your research for the general public to comprehend how are you going to promote an interest in your accomplishments.
Every profession and just about every activity has its own vocabulary, more commonly known as "jargon". Indeed, the first lectures of college intro classes consist mainly of learning the terms and definitions for that field's jargon. While jargon can have the effect of making it difficult for outsiders to understand what's being said, its purpose is not to create a language barrier, but rather its purpose is to provide specific and immediately understandable terminology to make communication easier and more accurate. I would hate having to use only "plain language" while doing my job, especially having to try to figure out what a fellow programmer is trying to tell me.
When someone wants to communicate with the general public, then they will use plain language and will introduce and explain pertinent elements of their jargon to their audience so that the audience will understand the speaker's use of those elements.
If you want to understand a jargon, then you need to learn it. Just like everybody else.
PS
As an example of how different jargons will give the same word different meanings, the instructor at a multi-service supply course offered this:
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What would you do if I told you to secure this building? If you're in the Navy, you would turn off the lights and lock the front door. If you're in the Army, you would set up a defensive perimeter around it. If you're a Marine, you would shoot the place up and then set up a defensive perimeter. If you're in the Air Force, you would buy it.
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