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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