I think something interesting is that this unlocks huge potential for English majors and puts engineering / math / comp sci at a structural disadvantage. Hmmm
In my experience, English majors definitely communicate more clearly in English. After all, that's literally what they're studying.
While STEM majors often communicate more precisely within a domain-specific language (whether chemistry or code). After all, that's literally what they're studying.
And obviously these are both generalizations. You'll always find some terribly unclear English majors, just as you'll find some terribly imprecise STEM majors.
But we should hope that their education is having some effect here.
I would assume as a body the median English major, who is graded primarily on their ability to write English to communicate clearly and precisely on complex topics related to English literature are better at precise English communication on complex topics than people who are primarily graded on their ability to write math/code/etc and generally intentionally avoid writing and language classes. In my engineering cs program most of us took formal logic from LAS to satisfy our humanities requirement. Exceptions certainly exist but surely you don’t believe the mode favors engineering students here.
Agreed, you would more likely find that an English major speaks with more semantic and syntactical accuracy, whereas stem majors would be able to break down a problem or a communiqué into far more quantifiably precise "units".
English majors specialize in analysis of English literature and are graded on their analytic abilities as well as their ability to communicate it effectively and with precise nuance. They’re not majoring in essay writing, which is what most people get exposure to from the English degree. But just like introduction to programming isn’t computer science, despite being the only course most people take in computer science, the semantic and syntactical accuracy bit is the intro class and the later course work - especially doctorate level - is not at all “writing a clear essay on a topic of your choice.”
