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Cursing linked to higher intelligence
CBS Local Los Angeles ^ | 11/17/2016 | Jennifer Kastner

Posted on 11/18/2016 9:06:53 AM PST by ExSoldier

Benjamin Bergen is the author of the book: “What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves.”

“It turns out that there are amazing things you can find out about how the mind works, how the brain works, people’s human sociality just by looking at profanity,” he explained.

The professor of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego said cursing could be linked to higher intelligence.

“It turns out that on average, the ones who swear the most also have the biggest vocabulary overall,” Bergen added.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...


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KEYWORDS: intelligence; language; linguistics; military; profanity; psychology; society
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If this is true, it confirms a personal observation I've made over the last 35 years or so. The NCO component of the US Armed Forces, especially those engaged in the training of their various service personnel are bloody FREAKING Mensa level geniuses!
1 posted on 11/18/2016 9:06:53 AM PST by ExSoldier
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To: ExSoldier

this study is total BS..... :)


2 posted on 11/18/2016 9:08:01 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: ExSoldier

No ‘EFFIN’ way!

:^)


3 posted on 11/18/2016 9:08:58 AM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ExSoldier

No $h!t


4 posted on 11/18/2016 9:09:09 AM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: ExSoldier

I f-—in’ KNEW it!


5 posted on 11/18/2016 9:09:33 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: ExSoldier

I guess they are arguing that Hillary is still the smartest woman in the world.


6 posted on 11/18/2016 9:10:01 AM PST by stayathomemom ( Read Shadow Men, The Progressive Virus, and The Marxist Playbook by Dr. Anthony Napoleon)
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To: Travis McGee; Godzilla; HipShot; Criminal Number 18F; Cindy; MamaDearest
This is fun, ping folks you know that might be interested.
7 posted on 11/18/2016 9:10:07 AM PST by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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My experience is that people who swear a lot simply don’t have the vocabulary or the skill to express themselves properly.


8 posted on 11/18/2016 9:10:12 AM PST by rightwingcrazy ("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant of the intolerant.")
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To: ConservativeDude

It is BS! Frikin liberal A$$hats seek justification of their $hity ideological pu$$ification of this GREAT frikin country.


9 posted on 11/18/2016 9:11:11 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: ExSoldier

I showed this to my wife and she said that I was a F——— Einstein!


10 posted on 11/18/2016 9:11:29 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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Cursing linked to higher intelligence

I'm a f***ing genius!

11 posted on 11/18/2016 9:11:35 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: ExSoldier

This thread is F@#$%g Doomed!


12 posted on 11/18/2016 9:12:03 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: Dr. Ursus
Great minds f***ing think alike.
13 posted on 11/18/2016 9:12:21 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: ExSoldier
The professor of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego

The budget cuts just jump up and announce themselves.

14 posted on 11/18/2016 9:12:29 AM PST by mbarker12474
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To: ExSoldier

Profanity is the crutch of inarticulate motherf*****s.


15 posted on 11/18/2016 9:12:35 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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Knew a Drill Sergeant, an E-7, named Harrison. He was known and widely respected throughout the Army as “Half Hour Harrison.” He could curse for 30 minutes without repeating himself!


16 posted on 11/18/2016 9:12:52 AM PST by Strac6 (My Sig Sauer, My Pilatus, Mrs. Strac... all the fun things in my life are Swiss)
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You people need to calm the he!! down.

;-)


17 posted on 11/18/2016 9:13:13 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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On the contrary, I know at least a dozen First Sergeants and Command Sergeant Majors that can curse steadily for ten minutes nonstop and not repeat themselves a single time. Huuuuuuuugggggeee Vocabulary! Usually in multiple languages.
18 posted on 11/18/2016 9:13:14 AM PST by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: ExSoldier
Only in the upside down world of liberal University Professors.
An intelligent person can find better words than F this and F that.

19 posted on 11/18/2016 9:13:23 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: real saxophonist

And actually, I do have about a 170 IQ.


20 posted on 11/18/2016 9:13:44 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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