Scientific language, which Korzybski used as his model of sane language, is almost exclusively extensional and denotative, or at least tries to be. (Neil Postman)

Scientific language, which Korzybski used as his model of sane language, is almost exclusively extensional and denotative, or at least tries to be.

Neil Postman

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