By: John Stanley Hunter
Were you annoyed as a kid, when your parents told you to clean your room, sent you to bed early and scolded you for cursing? There might be a reason for your behaviour.
Were you annoyed as a kid, when your parents told you to clean your room, sent you to bed early and scolded you for cursing? There might be a reason for your behaviour.
Studies suggest, that it can be linked to an
increase of your IQ.
Intelligent people use more curse words
You always hear, that people who swear have a
"limited vocabulary". But if you think about it, those who don't use
any swear words are the ones who limit their own vocabulary, because they
intentionally use fewer words than others.
In fact, there is a study deconstructing that myth about curse words. The result showed that people who could name the most
swear words within a minute also tend to score higher on an IQ test. The study
concludes that a rich vocabulary of swear words is a sign of rhetorical
strength rather than the attempt to hide verbal deficits.
Intelligent people are night owls
Like to stay up late? This also could be a
sign for intelligence. Scientific research has linked night owls with higher IQ scores for quite some time now. President Obama, Charles Darwin, Winston
Churchill, Keith Richards and Elvis Presley are all famous for nocturnal
activities. If you tend to go to sleep rather late, you're definitely in good
company.
A messy desk and intelligence go hand in
hand
You swear a lot and stay awake late? Look, if
you also tend to leave a bit of a mess behind, there's good news for you.
A study by the University of Minnesota suggests, that the messy desk of geniuses is actually linked to their intelligence.
If you don't spend much time cleaning and organizing everything around you,
your mind is obviously occupied with more important stuff.
The study went on to show that a messy
enviroment led to a more creative workflow.
Psychological scientist Kathleen Vohs says:
“Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can
produce fresh insights. Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention
and playing it safe.”
This is a good day for all the swearing, messy night owls among you.
Does any of this sound familiar?
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