Ironic because intelligent people should know correlation != causation? Well, I think sometimes correlation could indicate the cause, you just can't prove it. And in the case of myself I choose to believe!
"I know many things and people claim I'm smart, but I insist on feeling stupid anyways, and part of the rationale for that is because I do X....oh you say smart people do X? Maybe I'm pretty okay then"
So maybe I don't qualify. The article did say "Taboo Words". I'm not sure how taboo these words are.
Yes, I curse a lot, but I only use the seven basic curse words:
* Fiddle
* Foodle
* Diddle
* Doodle
* Piddle
* Foo
* Sticks
(Yes, really!, no joke, although it may be funny.)
You can combine them together, or use with various prefixes / suffixes.
* Oh, Fiddle Sticks!
* Piddly Foodle Piddle!
* Diddly Doodle Foo!
etc
One time when I explained this to my wife and daughter, they couldn't stop laughing for hours, because they knew it was true, but hadn't realized there were seven basic curse words.
Intelligent people can often afford worse habits because they make up for it by being smart in other areas of their lives. I would look at the habits of intelligent people that had success in whatever area of life they've valued most.
Seems to me the crux of the fuckin' cursing argument is this:
> People who use taboo words understand their general expressive content as well as nuanced distinctions that must be drawn out to use slurs appropriately. The ability to make nuanced distinctions indicates the presence of more rather than less linguistic knowledge, as implied by the POV [Poverty of Vocabulary] view.
So the way I read that bit of "research" (frequency and correlation are likely to be pure horseshit on the path to causality here but that's another story)... It's not that people with high IQ swear more, but they're likely more able to swear in a nuanced manner without offending those around them because of their higher IQ. It's like a perk, or a symptom, not a cause-- because why the fuck not, eh?
The only really notable thing from the article; which, I liked was calling out profanity isn't a coverup for deficiencies in one's vocabulary. Don't like my vernacular? Go fuck yourself :)
The article about taboo words actually says that taboo word fluency correlates with general fluency. That means not that you're likely to be better with language if you swear frequently, but that you're likely to be better with language if you're good at swearing.
And if someone is bad at cursing online but good at cursing in real life, like me.
He is intelligent only when he is faraway of the keyboard...
...Now that I think of it, It makes sense.
Yesterday I had a crazy nightmare. It looked so real, I could swear it really happened.
I was crossing a certain trick sea passenger, and I asked my sailors to tie me to the main master of the ship, and never let me fall for the singing of the mermaids again.
But I wake up and it was a crazy dream...
Except for my gmail, that maybe didn't wake up yet, and doesn't send nor receive any emails anymore...Pity...right when for the first time ever, I wrote an email to HN...
Or maybe the gmail is working fine and I am still dreaming...
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 49.5 ms ] threadHeadline: "Smart people do X"
"I do X, therefore I am smart!"
Oh the irony.
> So, if you enjoy your swears, and being awake really late, and have a messy room, don't worry. You have a higher IQ than most!
"I know many things and people claim I'm smart, but I insist on feeling stupid anyways, and part of the rationale for that is because I do X....oh you say smart people do X? Maybe I'm pretty okay then"
My desk (home/office) is always messy and I like staying up late.
Fuck yeah!
Peace and love! ;p
Stay Up Late? Check!
Curse a Lot? Check?
So maybe I don't qualify. The article did say "Taboo Words". I'm not sure how taboo these words are.
Yes, I curse a lot, but I only use the seven basic curse words:
* Fiddle
* Foodle
* Diddle
* Doodle
* Piddle
* Foo
* Sticks
(Yes, really!, no joke, although it may be funny.)
You can combine them together, or use with various prefixes / suffixes.
* Oh, Fiddle Sticks!
* Piddly Foodle Piddle!
* Diddly Doodle Foo!
etc
One time when I explained this to my wife and daughter, they couldn't stop laughing for hours, because they knew it was true, but hadn't realized there were seven basic curse words.
> People who use taboo words understand their general expressive content as well as nuanced distinctions that must be drawn out to use slurs appropriately. The ability to make nuanced distinctions indicates the presence of more rather than less linguistic knowledge, as implied by the POV [Poverty of Vocabulary] view.
So the way I read that bit of "research" (frequency and correlation are likely to be pure horseshit on the path to causality here but that's another story)... It's not that people with high IQ swear more, but they're likely more able to swear in a nuanced manner without offending those around them because of their higher IQ. It's like a perk, or a symptom, not a cause-- because why the fuck not, eh?
The only really notable thing from the article; which, I liked was calling out profanity isn't a coverup for deficiencies in one's vocabulary. Don't like my vernacular? Go fuck yourself :)
He is intelligent only when he is faraway of the keyboard...
...Now that I think of it, It makes sense.
Yesterday I had a crazy nightmare. It looked so real, I could swear it really happened.
I was crossing a certain trick sea passenger, and I asked my sailors to tie me to the main master of the ship, and never let me fall for the singing of the mermaids again.
But I wake up and it was a crazy dream...
Except for my gmail, that maybe didn't wake up yet, and doesn't send nor receive any emails anymore...Pity...right when for the first time ever, I wrote an email to HN...
Or maybe the gmail is working fine and I am still dreaming...