Good pointAlthough, I can't figure out if that makes us smarter or dumber than other animals.I suspect if I saw another animal make up a word, then get upset by it, I probably wouldn't be praising it's intelligence.Although, after thinking about it a bit, probably the main reason why people are afraid of "curse words" is because of childhood conditioning from parents. In other words, parents will actually punish their children for vibrating the air pressure around them in certain patterns. I don't know if that qualifies as a "higher intelligence manipulating us", but as a child, you must learn to avoid certain words for fear of punishment. So it's sort of the same thing.swb36 months ago#1426reply