That being said; regular written language (like in a book) has optimal readability. Therefore it makes sense for programming languages to lean towards that. If you could write code like: `draw 600 by 600 graph_of intersection_of data_set1 data_set2 in blue` it would be very easy for basically anybody to tell what the code does. This not only makes it easier for beginners and onboarding, it also reduces cognitive load, even for senior level engineers. In real terms this means less fatigue, less bugs, less time spent reviewing code, higher productivity.
That being said I also prefer the explicitness of parentheses, but I think that's because I'm used to needing that level of explicitness. But maybe there's some paradigm out there that makes it so we don't need that crutch