One more study that made the use of technology tested thousands of statuses on Facebook looking for people who repeatedly used swearing and cussing to express mistrust and deception. Now, this is the biggest surprise of your life. The study found that those who swore and cussed were much more honest than those who didn’t.
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This means swear and #$%^^&&@# all you want because it is a sign of intelligence and honesty. The research also said that those who cuss and swear express themselves more comfortably and feel less stressed out. They are also being more sincere and genuine in comparison to those who avoid swearing.
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Further research from the University of Cambridge, Hong Kong University, Stanford and Maastricht University also found how those who used cuss words and sworn were more honest people. How did they find out?
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This was the Facebook study that observed 73, 789 people on Facebook while 276 people were observed in a lab. The level of profanity was measured by scores against an integrity index for every US state. The study concluded “a consistent positive relationship between profanity and honesty; profanity was associated with less lying and deception at the individual level and with higher integrity at the society level”.
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Cambridge Professor David Stillwell, Co-author of the study said that The main thing we found is if you filter your language when speaking then you’re probably also filtering what you’re saying as well. You are less likely to be about what you think and more about what you think other people want to hear.”
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