Is Precise Language (Always) Good?

On Gödel, Heidegger, and Poetic Speech

If you’re trying to tell someone, “Hey, look out, a train is coming,” you want your language to be as precise as possible. Clarity means life; ambiguity death. You want your language to have no hiccups, no idiosyncrasies. The content is what matters; not the style. If a computer could say the message just as well, there is no reason to avoid outsourcing…