01 Feb 12
Various people have said that ambiguity is a problem for communication. But once we understand that context disambiguates, then ambiguity is not a problem - it’s something you can take advantage of, because you can reuse easy [words] in different contexts over and over again.—
Senior author of the study Ted Gibson, an MIT professor of cognitive science
ezDI - Healthcare Data Intelligence: MIT Research: The Advantage Of Ambiguity In Language
