Re: the correlation between language, thoughts and intelligence
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Having a larger vocabularly has strong correlation with financial success in life.
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I just skimmed the thread so maybe this has already been mentioned, but a large vocabulary is also one of the best indicators of a high IQ.
A friend of mine runs an education blog and he's got a couple great posts in which he grades a paper and explains why strong writing is important, because language, writing, and thinking are all so intertwined. There are exceptions, of course, but there's a lot of truth to it. Though he's no technophobe, he's pretty concerned about modern means of communication hurting in this regard (IM language, quickly sent sloppy emails, less actual physical writing, etc).
Cool thread.
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