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203 | N.J. Enfield on Why Language is Good for Lawyers and Not Scientists
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Language and Its Origins as Social Communication
The fact that we use language, not just to accurately describe the world, but to persuade people or to advocate for certain positions is part of what we need to do and want to do. And mayben wind things up. This might be, may or may not be a good thing to do. So you can tell me, but i kind of feel like we should give some credit to the lawyers, not just scientists. A what is the what is the kind of insight into language and its origins as social communication tell us about that, those aspects of language.
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