203 | N.J. Enfield on Why Language is Good for Lawyers and Not Scientists
From Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Published 7/11/2022
We describe the world using language — we can't help it. And we all know that ordinary language is an imperfect way of communicating rigorous scientific statements, but sometimes it's the best we can do. Linguist N.J. Enfield argues that the difficulties run more deeply than we might ordinarily…