> Language, rather than math, is often a superior modelling tool for domains where our understanding is inherently fuzzy due to uncertainty caused by a structur

> Language, rather than math, is often a superior modelling tool for domains where our understanding is inherently fuzzy due to uncertainty caused by a structural lack of data. I'll reinterpret your comment charitably: given the current state of how well mathematics is understood, it may well be more effective to use language to reach people. Once someone "checks out" the effort at persuasion has failed. Our culture's lack of mathematical and logical fluency is a weakness. But not all language follows the patterns of rationality, which are formalized with logic and quantified with mathematics. Both have mechanisms for dealing with uncertainty that are far superior to language. I'm not discounting the power of language as a highly-compressed form of information exchange. But when we want to communicate rationality in a compressed way with language, we very often fool ourselves.