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    Quote Originally Posted by Chloe View Post
    I sort of agree to this. Yes I believe you should be easily understood by others instead of complicating things but on the other hand some richness for the sake of making it more interesting and illustrative also helps.
    There are other ways to achieve that. Using "big vocabulary" words is just a cheap trick to fool your opponent or reader into seeing you as a superior. These words most likely have other more commonly known synonyms, there is no reason to intentionally use them unless you're trying to inflate your ego.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Metarch View Post
    There are other ways to achieve that. Using "big vocabulary" words is just a cheap trick to fool your opponent or reader into seeing you as a superior. These words most likely have other more commonly known synonyms, there is no reason to intentionally use them unless you're trying to inflate your ego.
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    Not everybody has those intentions. I agree with what coolstorybro said:

    A big vocabulary allows you to express thoughts with more nuance and precission than with a small vocabulary.

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    Not everybody but the majority. I am not bashing them for it, I am just saying that use of big vocabulary is an instrument of deceit rather than high intellect. If you want nuance and precision there is a large variety of literary elements and devices you can utilize.

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    No. You need BIG grammar.

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    I think too much weight is put onto mathematical and logical skills with conventional IQ testing. There are people who are geniuses in other fields who probably couldn't put 2 and 2 together or who have problems spelling their name. I find IQ tests very prejudiced in favour of those who do well at mathematics/logics and are very limited in terms of what they test.

    I subscribe more to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. http://www.education.com/reference/a...intelligences/



    A professional dancer, or sportsman would rate very highly on bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence whereas the maths professor who has high logical-mathematical intelligence probably stumbles over his own two feet. Is the maths professor more intelligent than the dancer? Conventional IQ tests would have us believe that this is the case, but I don't buy it.

    Mozart of Beethoven would have rated very high in the musical intelligence category. I don't know about the mathematical skills of either, but their strength was definitely in their musical ability.

    Here is a test on the 8 intelligences to see where your strengths lie: http://www.literacynet.org/mi/assess...strengths.html

    For me the IQ does not make or break the person. High IQ is all interesting to talk about but that's about it. It doesn't prove anything. Instead of testing kids on their mathematical-logical skills, they should be tested in 8 fields. Why do they test kids at school? To see how well they learn. A teacher needs to reach ALL his/her students, not just those who can count well. I think if schools paid more attention to the multiple intelligence they could reach each and every student through his/her strengths.

    A lot of kids at school are being labelled as dumb or stupid but they aren't. Is a dyslexic any less intelligent that someone who can write well? No. If the educational system took in account the theory of multiple intelligence I could see a lot more kids doing exceptionally well because they have been REACHED.

    I'm a member of Mensa because I was able to answer a few questions correctly and put a couple blocks together. Great. Now I'm a member of a high-IQ association. Does that buy me anything or prove anything? Nope. I'm as fucking stupid as the rocks lying in my yard.

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    A lot of people do use unessecary big words. The worst is to use technical or in group words that an outsider has no way of understanding. Coders and mathematicians are one group of people who write like complete morons. Liberal arts is another field where convuluted writing is given credit, most likely to hide that they're dealing with a subjective field.

    Most of the time, language is a very strong indicator of class, but it mostly works up not down. If you want to be treated well with a doctor, you would be wise to use the upper limits of your vocabulary since doctors are usually very intelligent but also very arrogant. You might say 'is that significant doctor' instead of 'is that important doctor'. A simple switch of words here signals a high IQ to the doctor who then knows he or she can't get away with the usual condescending attitude.

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    Kaz I think high IQ is being simply used as the equivalent of intelligent not literally.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coolstorybro View Post
    A lot of people do use unessecary big words. The worst is to use technical or in group words that an outsider has no way of understanding. Coders and mathematicians are one group of people who write like complete morons. Liberal arts is another field where convuluted writing is given credit, most likely to hide that they're dealing with a subjective field.

    Most of the time, language is a very strong indicator of class, but it mostly works up not down. If you want to be treated well with a doctor, you would be wise to use the upper limits of your vocabulary since doctors are usually very intelligent but also very arrogant. You might say 'is that significant doctor' instead of 'is that important doctor'. A simple switch of words here signals a high IQ to the doctor who then knows he or she can't get away with the usual condescending attitude.
    There's a big difference between having a high vocabulary and using it. I read obsessively from a young age and when I was 11 got tested and my vocab was one in a million. But on the other hand there was a user here name KidMulat who constantly talked above his understanding level and misused words.
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    big vocabulary meaning knowing a large quantity of words or using long words to make yourself look smart?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prisoner Of Ice View Post
    There's a big difference between having a high vocabulary and using it. I read obsessively from a young age and when I was 11 got tested and my vocab was one in a million. But on the other hand there was a user here name KidMulat who constantly talked above his understanding level and misused words.
    Yes, it's something I notice people of slightly above average intelligence do a lot, say 105-110 IQ.

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