Ha, spoken like a true engineer.  However, if the point of writing the sentence is not data storage but communication, then a long, convoluted sentence can be less successful than a shorter, more readable one.  Maybe I picked a bad example.  Here is another one:<p>Before:
<i>Perception is the process of extracting information from stimulation emanating from objects, places, and events in the world around us.</i><p>After:
<i>Perception extracts information from the outside world.</i><p>Yes, the first is more specific and more detailed, but the &quot;outside world&quot; includes things like objects and places and doesn&#x27;t add much to the gist.  The second one is certainly more readable.