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There are two sides to everything. Scientists say that swearing is a sign of intelligence: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/health/swearing-benefits-wellness/ind

• Curiositry 4y ago
  There certainly are. I address the study referred to by the CNN article you linked in the section[1] on the research on swearing: "The vocabulary study (Jay and Jay, 2015) indicates that those who can list the most swear words can also list the most non-swear words … but knowing lots of swear words is separate from how much someone uses swear words. The correlation isn’t surprising. Anyone who is well-read is bound to have run across just about every offensive word in common use, and a number of archaic ones besides. The study insinuates that people who know lots of swear words are verbally fluent. But I think what’s actually happening is that you can’t become verbally fluent without learning lots of swear words." The scientists say swearing is a sign of intelligence, but the science itself doesn’t necessarily. I also self-administered the CWAT test from that study, just for fun, as described in the Citizen Science Report section. [1]: https://www.autodidacts.io/swearing-is-dumb/#theresearchonswearing https://www.autodidacts.io/swearing-is-dumb/#theresearchonsw...