If numbers could be used but aren’t then you are dealing with a taboo subject
Alternatively, the speaker doesn’t precisely know, or the specifics are a distinction without consequence. E.g., gjm’s example where someone recommends against pursuing a career in theoretical physics “unless you’re very smart.”
Vague language is bullshit when the vagueness is deliberate with the intention to mislead.
Maybe this could be a subset of “simple” language (vague because complexity is unnecessary), but it’s not clear if this was an intent of that category.
Alternatively, the speaker doesn’t precisely know, or the specifics are a distinction without consequence. E.g., gjm’s example where someone recommends against pursuing a career in theoretical physics “unless you’re very smart.”
Vague language is bullshit when the vagueness is deliberate with the intention to mislead.
Maybe this could be a subset of “simple” language (vague because complexity is unnecessary), but it’s not clear if this was an intent of that category.