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AwakeNotWoke's avatar

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it but it's an opinion that is not only unsupported by the facts but contradicted by them. Use of and tolerance for profanity has been shown repeatedly to be robustly correlated with superior vocabulary, greater honesty and integrity, higher creativity and higher IQ.

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Gary’S's avatar

“Use of and tolerance for profanity has been shown repeatedly to be robustly correlated with superior vocabulary, greater honesty and integrity, higher creativity and higher IQ.” <begin snark> Perish the thought!!

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Stephanie S's avatar

Cite your sources please. Say anything you want but it’s an opinion otherwise. And I’m sure all of Hollywood agrees with you .

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AwakeNotWoke's avatar

Thanks for your patience Stephanie. Here's a prior post I did, in part about profanity, in the context of the genius of great leaders, such as Richard Nixon and Trump, and the characteristics of genius, with a few secondary sources, in response to a post from somewhat else. I'll look for some others. You can search for the primary sources if you like. The secondary sources should lead you to the primary sources.

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To the best of my recollection I've used profanity sparingly on this substack.

But let's keep rules to a minimum, lest we becone "rule-bound" like the Faucis and Walenskys and other over-controllers of this world.

Let's not forget that the German Nazis never shut up about ethics and morality and that the Aktion T4 euthanasia policy began after Hitler spoke to an ethicist.

Use of, and comfort with, profanity, such as the profanity used recently by Elon Musk to send a message to advertisers, or historically by former US President Richard Nixon, and in more recent times by Trump, is frequently a sign of high intelligence and verbal fluency, along with other desirable traits.

Along with profanity, laziness, tardiness or lack of punctuality, untidiness, staying up late and occasional fits of rage have all been associated with not merely high intelligence but also genius.

Let's not all be like the prim and proper vaccinators and public health bureaucrats

Swearing may actually make you an effing genius

https://nypost.com/2016/01/30/swearing-may-actually-make-you-an-effing-genius/

Swearing Is Actually a Sign of More Intelligence – Not Less – Say Scientists

https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-is-a-sign-of-more-intelligence-not-less-say-scientists

"The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts." - Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord 1878–1943, German general

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191826719.001.0001/q-oro-ed4-00012327#:~:text=The%20man%20who%20is%20clever,for%20he%20is%20too%20dangerous.

Science: Lazy people are likely to be smarter, more successful, and better employees. Who knew?

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/the-science-backed-reason-lazy-people-are-smarter-more-successful-and-better-employees.html

Scientists Say Being Habitually Late, Forgetful, and Full of Rage Actually a Sign of Intelligence

https://www.robotbutt.com/2018/01/23/scientists-say-habitually-late-forgetful-full-rage-actually-sign-intelligence/

A Messy Desk Is a Sign of Genius, According to Science

https://www.inc-aus.com/geoffrey-james/a-messy-desk-is-a-sign-of-genius-according-to-scie.html

Intelligent people tend to be messy, stay awake longer, and swear more

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/intelligent-people-tend-to-be-messy-stay-awake-longer-and-swear-more-a7174256.html

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AwakeNotWoke's avatar

Later, when I have more time. Alternatively, just type 'swearing' and 'intelligence' into your search engine.

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