Except you are not tabooing anything then, you are just substituing “low IQ” for “stupid.” The point of tabooing stupid is to get binary classification out of an inherently complicated multidimensional problem.
The request of tabooing in general is a request for more cognitive work.
Scoring low on a specific test is something more complex than a label. Changing a vague term with a operationalised term is something that often makes sense for tabooing.
I think you confuse cognitive work with explicitely describing cognitive work. When it comes to speaking about negative features of other people it’s worthwhile not to say every negative thing that can be said publically.
I think it would be useful to taboo “stupid.” It is not a useful word.
Tabooing “stupid” is what asking for IQ is about and why I asked about IQ in this context.
Except you are not tabooing anything then, you are just substituing “low IQ” for “stupid.” The point of tabooing stupid is to get binary classification out of an inherently complicated multidimensional problem.
The request of tabooing in general is a request for more cognitive work.
Scoring low on a specific test is something more complex than a label. Changing a vague term with a operationalised term is something that often makes sense for tabooing.
I think you confuse cognitive work with explicitely describing cognitive work. When it comes to speaking about negative features of other people it’s worthwhile not to say every negative thing that can be said publically.