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Having trouble spelling doesn’t make you stupid.

RC_ITR 5y ago
It does show a lack of care though. I think OP's point is that rather than some authoritative oracle, this guy is just a guy. He makes interesting points, but take them all with a grain of salt.
tweedledee 5y ago
It means there is a higher probability of being stupid.
dubcanada 5y ago
No but it does if you are writing a essay on the economy. And since this is a service that provides "snapshot" articles on the world, spelling is important.
willcipriano 5y ago
I have found that those who are laser focused on spelling and grammar tend to lack a proclivity for novel thought. As such when confronted with new ideas, rather than dismissing the idea based on some sort of logical flaw they dismiss it based on superficial surface level details.
- _hilro 5y ago
  I have found that those who find other to lack a proclivity for novel thought due to obeying spelling and grammar and promoting the correct usage to be insufferable arseholes. As such, I dismiss their dismissals as the ravings of a fool. "Some more words to make this seem more profound a thought than it is."
  - willcipriano 5y ago
    Dismissals due to minor details about the medium or the speaker themselves isn't intellectual inquiry, it's a personality contest. I'm looking for truth even if it means the people I don't like are right.
    - ksaj 5y ago
      Parent probably meant "others" and "ravings of fools" since they are plurals. But maybe that was just an exercise by which to prove their point.
    - Mouse47 5y ago
      He was poking fun at your annoying prose, lol
BossingAround 5y ago
The two are strongly correlated though.
- formerly_proven 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
  - BossingAround 5y ago
    Yes, I'm aware. I am dyslexic. That said, I know I am dyslexic, and I spell-check because of it, especially if I'm writing a website that is "building a voice of objective journalism" [1]. [1] https://www.brookfieldbrief.com/resources https://www.brookfieldbrief.com/resources
- throw8383833jj 5y ago
  not according to the wikipedia dyslexia defintion: "is a disorder characterized by difficulty reading in individuals with otherwise unaffected intelligence"
JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> Having trouble spelling doesn’t make you stupid It does suggest that what you’re reading hasn’t been proofed. That increases the chances of other, more significant errors, e.g. ones in fact checking, logic or thoroughness.
monkeynotes 5y ago
That's what spell checkers are for. There is a point at which poor spelling will begin to undermine the legitimacy of your thoughts as the reader becomes dubious as to the care you put into writing it. I do not think this is necessarily the case with this article, but just wanted to illustrate that correct spelling is valuable.
ksaj 5y ago
It would still fail in school, regardless of how smart the student is. Having someone edit before publishing always makes sense even if your English is absolutely perfect. If you make such glaring spelling mistakes and ignore the coloured squiggly underscore, what other words and phrases leave the reader with the wrong perception or meaning?

It does show a lack of care though. I think OP's point is that rather than some authoritative oracle, this guy is just a guy. He makes interesting points, but take them all with a grain of salt.

tweedledee 5y ago

It means there is a higher probability of being stupid.

dubcanada 5y ago

No but it does if you are writing a essay on the economy. And since this is a service that provides "snapshot" articles on the world, spelling is important.

willcipriano 5y ago

I have found that those who are laser focused on spelling and grammar tend to lack a proclivity for novel thought. As such when confronted with new ideas, rather than dismissing the idea based on some sort of logical flaw they dismiss it based on superficial surface level details.

_hilro 5y ago
I have found that those who find other to lack a proclivity for novel thought due to obeying spelling and grammar and promoting the correct usage to be insufferable arseholes. As such, I dismiss their dismissals as the ravings of a fool. "Some more words to make this seem more profound a thought than it is."
- willcipriano 5y ago
  Dismissals due to minor details about the medium or the speaker themselves isn't intellectual inquiry, it's a personality contest. I'm looking for truth even if it means the people I don't like are right.
  - ksaj 5y ago
    Parent probably meant "others" and "ravings of fools" since they are plurals. But maybe that was just an exercise by which to prove their point.
  - Mouse47 5y ago
    He was poking fun at your annoying prose, lol

BossingAround 5y ago

The two are strongly correlated though.

formerly_proven 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
- BossingAround 5y ago
  Yes, I'm aware. I am dyslexic. That said, I know I am dyslexic, and I spell-check because of it, especially if I'm writing a website that is "building a voice of objective journalism" [1]. [1] https://www.brookfieldbrief.com/resources https://www.brookfieldbrief.com/resources
throw8383833jj 5y ago
not according to the wikipedia dyslexia defintion: "is a disorder characterized by difficulty reading in individuals with otherwise unaffected intelligence"

JumpCrisscross 5y ago

> Having trouble spelling doesn’t make you stupid It does suggest that what you’re reading hasn’t been proofed. That increases the chances of other, more significant errors, e.g. ones in fact checking, logic or thoroughness.

monkeynotes 5y ago

That's what spell checkers are for. There is a point at which poor spelling will begin to undermine the legitimacy of your thoughts as the reader becomes dubious as to the care you put into writing it. I do not think this is necessarily the case with this article, but just wanted to illustrate that correct spelling is valuable.

ksaj 5y ago

It would still fail in school, regardless of how smart the student is. Having someone edit before publishing always makes sense even if your English is absolutely perfect. If you make such glaring spelling mistakes and ignore the coloured squiggly underscore, what other words and phrases leave the reader with the wrong perception or meaning?